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Yvonne Lee odom
Solid in her own right, Coco Gauff’s grandmom was first Black student to attend an all-white school in Delray
At the same age that tennis star Coco Gauff turned pro, her maternal grandmother Yvonne Lee Odom was making history, desegregating Palm Beach County schools as a student. In 1961, while preparing to captain the basketball team at her all-Black Carver High school, a 15-year-old Odom was selected to leave her school to attend an…
