Black History Moment Remembering Jesse Owens

Author LHovig

February 9th, 2021 5:05 PM

Did you know James Cleveland “Jesse” Owens (1913 – 1980) was an American track and field athlete and four-time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Owens won four gold medals at the Olympics that year in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, along with the 100-meter relay and other events off the track. He was recognized in his lifetime as “perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history”. In 1976, Owens received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1990.

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  1936: JESSE OWENS AT THE 1936 BERLIN OLYMPICS BEING INTERVIEWED BY REPORTERS. Mandatory Credit: Allsport Hulton/Archive

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  1st June 1936: Athlete Jesse Owens (1913 - 1980) flies through the air during the long jump event at the Olympic Games in Berlin. He won 4 gold medals and Hitler left the stadium to avoid having to congratulate a black competitor. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

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  August 1936: American athlete Jesse Owens (1913 - 1980) the greatest sprinter of his generation. At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin he won 4 gold medals. In 1976 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
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  Jesse Owens (1913 - 1980) of the USA, far right, at the start of a race at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

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  8th July 1965: American athlete Jesse Owens (1913 - 1980), winner of four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games revisits the Olympic stadium in Berlin, the scene of his former victory. (Photo by Express/Express/Getty Images)

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  15th August 1936: American athlete and member of the US 1936 Olympic team Jesse Owens (1913 - 1980) at White City during the Empire Games. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)
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  1975: Jesse Owens of the USA relaxes at home. Picture by Don Morley. Mandatory Credit: Allsport UK /Allsport

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