Alice Coachman High Jump

Tuskegee Institute alumnus Alice Coachman photographed during her record-breaking high jump in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She bested the competition in the women's event with a leap of 5 feet, 6 1/8 inches.

Alice Coachman competing in the high jump, first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal
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Alice Coachman competing in the high jump, first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal