Dianne Durham, first Black US women’s gymnastics champion, dies

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Dianne Durham, first Black US women’s gymnastics champion, dies

NBC News Dianne Durham, the first Black woman to win a USA Gymnastics national championship, died Thursday in Chicago following a short illness, her husband said. She was 52. Durham was a pioneer in American gymnastics. Her victory in the all-around at the 1983 national championships as a teenager was the first by a Black […]

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