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Provides information on African-American women who have participated in Olympic track and field events from 1932 to 1988.

The ancient Greeks excluded women from the Olympics. When the modern games were reinstated in 1896, the ban was continued. But in the next Olympiad in 1900, wom

In this “must-read for anyone concerned with race, sports, and politics in America” (William C. Rhoden, New York Times bestselling author), the inspirationa

From former slaves, housewives and college professors to Nobel Award-, Pulitzer Prize- and Olympic Gold-winners, this compelling anthology offers vivid and insp

When high jumper Alice Coachman won the high jump title at the 1941 national championships with "a spectacular leap," African American women had been participat