<![CDATA[Alice Coachman was the first African American woman to win an Olympic gold medal]]>

<![CDATA[Alice Coachman was the first African American woman to win an Olympic gold medal]]>Her achievements at the 1948 London Olympics paved the way for American and African American female Olympic athletes.

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