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Alice Coachman
Alice Coachman: First Black Woman Ever to Win a Gold Medal
It’s been a week of celebrating black women’s firsts at the Olympics, with Gabby Douglas joining former Olympian Dominique Dawes as pioneers in gymnastics, so there’s no better time to profile Alice Coachman who, in 1948, became the first black woman to ever earn a gold medal in any Olympic sport. Coachman’s event was the…
