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Fencer Ruth Wicks Becomes Youngest Black US Champion
Ruth Wicks, 18, Baltimore, earns United States Ladies Foil Champion 1960 and multiple Under 19 titles. She is the first Black fencer to win the national title and the youngest ever in this event, continuing a rapid rise from YMCA beginnings to national prominence.
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