Black Fact = (1940) Wilma Rudolph

Black Fact = 1940 (June 23) – Wilma Rudolph, the first American woman to win three Olympic Gold Medals in track and field in one year, was born in Clarksville, TN, on this date in 1940. Rudolph accomplished this feat although stricken with polio at an early age.

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TRT-BLACK FACT = (1956) Althea Gibson

Black Fact= 1956- Althea Gibson, tennis legend, won the women’s singles championship in the French Open on this date becoming the first black person to ...