Queen of the Track: Alice Coachman, Olympic High-Jump Champion

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This picture-book biography highlights the life and accomplishments of high-jumper Alice Coachman, who, at the 1948 Olympics in London, became the first African American woman to win an Olympic gold medal. Tells the story of Alice Coachman, an athlete from rural Georgia who made history as the first African-American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in 1948.

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