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 ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Six years after her death, you can still see the impact Alice Coachman Davis had on her hometown of Albany and civil rights itself. In 1948, she became the first black woman to ...

MACON, Ga. (WALB) - Alice Coachman, the first Black Olympian and Albany native, was honored in Macon on Wednesday. Coachman was inducted into the Georgia Women of Achievement Hall of Fame at Wesleyan ...

Alice Coachman, whose 1948 Olympic high jump title made her the first black woman to win an Olympic medal, opening a door to far more widely known champions such as Wilma Rudolph and Jackie-Joyner ...

March is all about celebrating womanhood, and throughout the month we'll be honoring influential women in history whose inspirational stories helped pave the way for female empowerment and progress.

Alice Coachman, the first Black woman to win an Olympic medal in 1948, died Monday in Albany Georgia. She was 90. According to The New York Times, Coachman’s daughter says that she had been treated at ...

Alice Coachman, the first black woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal, passed away on Monday in Albany, Georgia, at the age of 90, according to the New York Times. Coachman won gold at the 1948 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - Track and field star Alice Coachman, who overcame segregation to become the first black woman to win a ...

(Original Caption) Alice Coachman of the Tuskegee Institute Club is seen as she wins the high jump event at the National Women’s Track and Field meet. Bettmann Archive Becoming a pioneer for Black ...