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.

“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.

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, first Black Olympian and Albany native, honored in Macon By Alicia Lewis Published: Mar. 8, 2023 at 2:47 PM PST ...

These advocates and pioneers have contributed incredible things to not only women's history, but to the history of the United States as a whole, and are an inspiration to young girls everywhere.Watch ...

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 ...

July 14 (Reuters) - 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.

Alice Coachman defied segregation by creating her own high jump training facility with strings, sticks and rags. In 1948, she became the first African-American woman to win Olympic gold. In our ...

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.

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 ...