Black Fact =(1960 & 1922) Wilma Rudolph & Bessie Coleman

1- Black Fact = 1960 (September 3) – Wilma Rudolph, track-star and polio victim, became the first American woman to win three Olympic Gold Medals in track and field in one year. Rudolph won the 100 (World Record), 200, and 400 meter relay (team World Record) on this date in 1960.

2- Black Fact = 1922 (September 3) – Bessie Coleman, the first licensed black aviator, made her first U.S. flight on this date in 1922. Due to racism in America, Coleman trained and was licensed in France #theraydiotwins 

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