You can’t talk about historical Black female athletes without immediately mentioning Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history. Biles’ has earned seven Olympic medals, including four ...

When she completed her first high jump at the 1948 Olympic Games, Alice Coachman became the first black woman to win an Olympic gold. But despite being a celebrity when she returned to the United ...

When the school’s female students ... 1952 became the first Black American man to represent the U.S. in the Olympic marathon and went on to co-found the New York Road Runners Club.

The four women runners on the ... Union never has used the Olympic Games for propaganda purposes." Smith and Carlos returned home to a wave of opprobrium—they were "black-skinned storm troopers ...

Behind closed doors inside a resort in western Greece, International Olympic Committee members made history by electing the first female president ... perceived front-runners among seven ...