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Yr4 wrote whole story of US Olympic high-jump Champion, Alice Coachman -first black woman to win a gold medal - as a series of haikus. Fab!
On this date we remember the birth of Alice Coachman in 1923. She was an African American athlete who was the first black woman to win an...
Alice Coachman was the first to win an Olympic medal, 1948
Athena Gibson. Maureen Connolly. Alice Coachman. Ann Curtis.Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche. REAL women's pioneers. Real female trailblazers.
The story of Alice Coachman Davis, who died last week, offers plentiful reminders about mid-century attitudes on race and gender