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Jesse Owens
"I always loved running...it was something you could do by yourself, and under
your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted,
fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the
strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs."
-Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens, a black man who co ....
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.... on to the
next year he set another worlds record for the one-hundred meter dash at the
time of 10.2 seconds. He then was so good he went on to the 1936 Olympics as a
member of the U S Olympic team, the games were held in Berlin, Germany where
blacks were not accepted as well as whites and because of that Reichfuekrer
Adolf Hitler did not acknowledge the achievements that he did perform, despite
his athletic ability. He won four Olympic gold medals in the 200 and 100 meter
dash, the broad jump, and also the 400 meter relay with the other four people
that ran with him. He ....
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