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Olympic Icon Flo Jo Raced To The Top and Took Us With Her

Beyond the nails, one-legged tracksuits, and world records, Florence Griffith Joyner set the stage for women to build million-dollar brands

Amira Rose Davis
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10 min readFeb 26, 2020

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NNearly 32 years ago, Florence Griffith Joyner solidified herself as an international sensation. The sprinter, more commonly known as…

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Amira Rose Davis
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is an Assistant Professor of History and African American Studies at Penn State University and the co-host of the Feminist Sports Podcast “Burn it All Down”.