Alice Coachman Research Paper

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Alice Coachman was the first African-American woman to win a gold medal. She was rewarded the gold medal at the 1948 US Olympics in London for the high jump competition. King George VI awarded her the gold medal. She was invited aboard a British Royal yacht.

Coachman was also congratulated by President Harry S. Truman at the White house. Count Basic threw a party for her accomplishment. She celebrated in a motorcade the led it's way through Georgia from Atlanta to her hometown, Albany.

This event was important because Alice accomplished something no other African-American woman ever did. Alice won a gold medal in the high jump competition. Again, she was the first African-American woman to be rewarded with a gold medal

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