Alabama-born and Ohio-raised, Jesse Owens (1913–1980) became one of the greatest track and field athletes in history. At the ...
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This year marks the 90-year anniversary of Jesse Owens’ remarkable feats of athleticism at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Not only did Owens defeat the world’s best track athletes – resulting ...