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As we celebrate Black History Month, we honor Black cultural icons who shaped American history and inspire us to dream.

As a child, Wilma Glodean Rudolph suffered from polio. Doctors told her she would never walk again. Defying the odds, she became a star athlete — the first American woman to win three track-and-field gold medals in a single Olympics, completing a race in 22.9 seconds, crowning her “the fastest woman in the world.”

Off the field, Rudolph made headlines for her sporty yet polished sense of style, and more importantly, for her activism. She pushed for gender parity in sports and social justice at home. A “Welcome Home” parade in honor of her Olympic wins became the first racially integrated event in her home state of Tennessee — only after she refused to attend if it were segregated.

Later inducted into the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame, Rudolph remains an inspiration for young athletes to this day.

Black history is American history.

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