Title Work

Title No: 16973

Title: Interview with Alice Coachman

Medium: Audio; Moving Image

Original Medium: Film; Recorded Sound; Video

Date: 14 Jul  1985 (Created)

Interview with Alice Coachman-Davis conducted for Black Champions.  Discussion focuses on her life, as well as her success at track and field events, most notably become the first African-American woman to win a gold medal in the high jump at the 1948 Olympic Games.

Countries of Origin: U.S.A.

Duration: 28 min 3 sec 

Genres: Interview

Subjects: Track and field; Track and field athletes; Olympics; Olympic Games (14th : 1948 : London, England)

Name As Subjects: Amateur Athletic Union of the United States; Tuskegee University; Coachman, Alice