When talking about Black women athletes, Florence Griffith Joyner is one of the top names on the list. Joyner was a former ...
Flo-Jo's 10.62-second sprint in the 100-meter event remained an Olympic record for 33 years; Jamaican runner Elaine Thompson-Herah beat it by a one-hundredth of a second in 2021. Beyond the ...
When Pickett and fellow Black runner Louise Stokes qualified for the ... while my bangs set in a pink sponge roller. Florence "Flo-Jo" Griffith Joyner made her mark as athletic as an Olympic ...