Gabrielle Thomas, of the United States, reacts after crossing the finish line first to win gold in the women’s 200 meters ...

The 1948 London Games saw black women come to the fore for the first ... and was declared one of the 100 greatest Olympic athletes in history at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, Georgia.

Winning the Olympic 200-meter final was “a moment ... "That's for college kids." The four women runners on the U.S. 400-meter relay team dedicated their victory to the exiled sprinters.

Peter Westbrook, the first Black American fencer ... earned gold in women’s team foil and silver in individual women’s foil at the most recent Olympics. “Peter was not only the leader ...