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.

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.

Alice Coachman was the first African American woman to win an Olympic gold medal Her victory was celebrated in London, but not in the segregated American south Share Updated: 5:47 AM CST Mar 6, 2023 ...

Alice Coachman, the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, died at age 90 in Albany, Ga., on Monday morning. Coachman, the 1948 Olympic high jump champion, suffered a stroke in April and died ...

Coachman, who was the first African American woman to win an Olympic gold medal, died Monday in Albany, said her son, Richmond Davis, who said she had been undergoing treatment for a stroke. She ...

In 1948, at 25, Alice Coachman became the first African-American woman to win a gold medal at the Olympics. She paved the way for millions of black female athletes reaching for the gold.

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 ...

Her victory was celebrated in London, but not in the segregated American south Updated: 3:47 AM PST Mar 6, 2023 Victoria Ottomanelli Alice Coachman was the first African American woman to win an ...

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 ...