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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 ...
Alice Dunnigan and Ethel L. Payne, first Black female White House reporters, honored with eponymous lectern. Dunnigan became the first Black woman credentialed to join the White House press corps ...
Alice Coachman, first Black Olympian and Albany native, honored in Macon. By Alicia Lewis. Published: Mar. 8, 2023 at 5:47 PM EST MACON, Ga. (WALB) - Alice Coachman, the first Black ...
Shown here, Alice A. Dunnigan, the first Black woman journalist to receive White House accreditation and author of “A Black Woman Experience- From Schoolhouse to White House.” ...
Alice Green, center, is joined by fellow African American Cultural Center founders Willie White, left, and Mark Bobb-Semple, right, during a press conference to announce new plans for the building ...