Meet....Alice Coachman
Black History Month...Day 4
What does a young Black girl, born in rural Georgia at the height of Jim Crow discrimination set out to do? She becomes the first Black woman from ANY COUNTRY, to win a Gold Medal at the Olympics. That is the story and legacy of Alice Coachman.
Alice Coachman was born in Albany, Georgia in 1923. She was one of ten children born to Fre…
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