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She lived and was born in Californa.
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Jackie Joyner Kersee- Encouraged her to keep going.
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Her mom wouldn't let her watch T.V. on weekdays she had to learn to love books.
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When she was 14 her brother died by a stry bullet while practicing on th track.
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Tens of thousands of people marched in New York City agianst the Reagan arms build up in the largest protest agianst nuclear weapons in history
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President Ronald Reagan and Vice President Georgw Bush are reelected in a forty-nine-state landslide victory
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Bobby Kersee- Bobby was her coach and always wanted her to keep striding for her dreams.
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Martin Luther King day was first celebrated as an official national holiday on Januarey 20, 1986.
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Al Joyner- Al had first seen Florence at the olypmics and thought she was "the most beautiful person".
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In 1988 she set a world record for the 100-meter run.
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She made the transition from being a sprinter to running a maraton when nobody in history was able to do it.
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