Tigerbelles Edith McGuire and Wyomia Tyus of Tennessee A & I State University (Now Tennessee State University) Sit Upon a Suitcase, Surrounded by Their Luggage at the Nashville Municipal Airport Prior to Traveling to Toyko, Japan for the 1964...
Ralph Boston, U.S. Olympian in the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, and a Member of the Tennessee State A & I University Track Team, Stands With Friends From Tennessee A & I State University, Now Tennessee State University. Boston's Specialty...
Tennessee's One, Two, Three 60 Meter Pan-American Games Tryouts and AAU National Indooor Championship Winners Get Their Medals and Congratulations From Louis G. Wilke, AAU National President. 2nd From Left to Right: Margaret Davis, Mae Faggs,...
Wyomia Tyus Was the First Olympic Athlete to Successfully Defend Her Sprint Title in a Subsequent Olympiad. At the 1964 Games in Tokyo, Tyus Ran the 100-Meter Dash in 11.2 Seconds in the Preliminary Heats, Tying Wilma Rudolph's World Records, and...
Jean Patton Is Welcomed Home to Tennessee A & I State College With a Parade in Her Honor. She Was Lauded as the "World's Fastest Woman" After Her Performance in the Inaugural Pan-American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1951....
Members of the Tigerbelles Track Team at Tennessee A & I State University, Wilma Rudolph and Lucinda Williams, Train for the 1959 Pan American Games. They Were Also Members of the 1960 United States Olympic Team.
Members of the Tigerbelles Track Team of Tennessee A & I State University Pose in Their U.S. Olympic Track Suits With Coach Edward S. Temple. Pictured are Isabelle Daniels, Barbara Jones, Lucinda Williams and Wilma Rudolph. Coach Temple Is...
Isabelle Daniels, a Member of the Tennessee A & I State College Tigerbelles, Fills Out the Paperwork for Her Parade Uniform for the 1955 Pan-American Games in Mexico City, Mexico. She Won a Silver Medal in the 60 Meter Dash and Gold Medal as...
Olympian champion, Lee Calhoun (second from left) and head track and field coach LeRoy Walker admire track and field trophy winnings. Lee Calhoun was a gold medalist in the 110-meter at the 1956 Games in Melbourne, Australia. In 1961, Lee Calhoun...
