Alice Coachman

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Alice Coachman, Born in Albany, Georgia in 1923, grew up training on dirt roads because segregation kept her from most facilities.

She taught herself to high jump using homemade bars with sticks and ropes, and she often ran and jumped barefoot.

She dominated the sport for a decade in 1940 and 1944.

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So now tonight I'm going to talk about Alice Coachman.

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So she was born in Albany, Georgia, and she was the fifth of 10 children.