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The US boxing team leave New York on the 'SS America' to take part in the 1948 Summer Olympics, the XIVth Olympiad in London, 15th July 1948. From left to right, they are (front row) PFC Ross Virgo, ...
(Reuters) - Track and field star Alice Coachman, who overcame segregation to become the first black woman to win a gold medal in the Olympic games, died in Georgia on Monday at the age of 90. Coachman ...