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34 Morristown Magazine M ost of the tour group connected to the Black Women in Sport Foundation had moved ahead, further into the All American: The Power of Sports exhibit at the National Archives in Washington D.C. After all, there was more to see in the ex- hibit before a private tour of the Rotunda featuring the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Inde- pendence as well as the Emancipation Pro- clamation and General Order No. 3 and time was running out. But Morristown’s Alpha Alexander linge- red. Something in the exhibit had caught her attention. Maybe it was because as she was seated in her wheelchair, the display was right at eye level but more likely it was because the do- cument in the case – vanilla colored paper with the words boxed in by a thick red line – was something very dear to Alexander’s heart and life’s mission. She leaned in, close to the glass and read the words that changed the trajectory of her life. “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from the parti- cipation in, be denied the benefits of, or be No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education pro- gram or activity receiving Federal financial assistance -Title IX Alexander poses with Univer- sity of Tennes- see coaching legends and Hall of Famers Pat Summitt and Tamika Catch- ings.