Alice Coachman, (C) of the U.S., along with DJ Tyler (L), of Great Britain, and Micheline Ostermeyer of France, stand on a podium at Wembley Stadium to receive their awards for the Olympic women ...

Alice Marie Coachman was born in 1923 in Albany, Georgia. Growing up, she was physically active, but at that time it wasn’t socially acceptable for women to be athletes.

Becoming a pioneer for Black American women in track and field wasn’t initially on the radar for Alice Coachman, but that’s exactly what happened in 1948 when Coachman became the first Black woman ...

In 2014, Alice Coachman Davis passed away at 90 in her hometown of Albany. But she figuratively passed the baton to young athletes, with this message: “You don’t have to be rich to be a winner.

“For Alice Coachman and everyone who was a part of that generation, everything the African-American people did as a whole seemed to always have a larger purpose,” Barrett said.

(Adds background On Coachman, details, paragraphs 5-9) By Dan Whitcomb July 14 (Reuters) - Track and field star Alice Coachman, who overcame segregation to become the first black woman to win a ...

The first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, Alice Coachman Davis, died early Monday in south Georgia. She was 90. Davis' death was confirmed by her daughter, Evelyn Jones.

Alice Coachman is the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal and specialized in high jump. Growing up in the Jim Crow era, she was denied access to regular training facilities.

Track and field star Alice Coachman, who overcame segregation to become the first black woman to win a gold medal in the Olympic games, died in Georgia on Monday at the age of 90.

Coachman had planned to compete in the 1940 and 1944 Olympics, but both were canceled as a result of World War II. Despite only competing in the 1948 Olympics, Coachman was still honored as one of ...