Okay here's another little known black history fact that I just read today and thought I'd share:
As track and field athlete, Alice Coachman was the first African-American woman to win a gold medal in Olympic competition. Initially banned from training with white athletes as a child, Coachman created her own athletic regimen and made her own equipment until she was able to join her high school team. She won a scholarship to the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, and competed as the only African-American athlete on five All-American teams. At the 1948 Olympics in London, Coachman battled through back problems to take home the gold medal. She was the only American woman to medal that year.
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I really love the fact that you are still out there finding little pieces of our history. So if no one else tells you this, I am very proud of you. Keep it going
I really love the fact that you are still out there finding little pieces of our history. So if no one else tells you this, I am very proud of you. Keep it going
Wow another great fact...Now this one I have never heard about.I'll tell TAJH/JAI to read this one. Good research !!!
Wonderful research on all that you have blogged about history. I was amazed that "6" African Americans had ran for President. "I knew of 4." Keep up the research, you are definitely educating me.
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