Gold Medal Winner Alice Coachman

Track and field contestant Alice Coachman stands atop the podium in the medal ceremony of the 1948 Summer Olympics in London in which she won the gold in the high jump. She was the first Black woman to achieve such a feat.

Alice Coachman, first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal
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Alice Coachman, first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal