Candace Hill's grin couldn't be wider when she talked about meeting 100 meter and record setting gold medal Olympian Usain Bolt. And, like Bolt, she hopes to win international gold this week at the IAAF World Youth Championship in Cali, Columbia. But the 16 year old track and field phenom has even more reason to smile as she, along with fellow athlete Kyler Murray, joins an … [Read more...]
First Black Woman to Win an Olympic Gold Dies at 90
The first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, Alice Coachman, has died at the age of 90, according to the New York Times. Coachman won the gold medal at the London Games of 1948 for the high jump. Growing up in her hometown of Albany, Georgia Coachman has not be allowed to train on athletic fields with whites. Practicing on fields full of grass and on dirt road, … [Read more...]