african american women athletes

Offers insight into the life and accomplishments of African American Olympic high-jump champion Alice Coachman.

Presents brief biographies and listings of awards won by African-American women who have earned medals in the Olympics since their first inclusion in the games in 1932, with short histories of ancient and modern Olympics and a complete timeline of all African-American women participants.

A biography of the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, from her childhood in segregated Albany, Georgia, in the 1930s, through her recognition at the 1996 Olympics as one of the hundred best athletes in Olympic history.