Jesse Owens

biography

Jesse Owens and the 1936 “Nazi Olympics” (german-way.com) James Cleveland (“J.C.”/“Jesse”) Owens (1913-1980) was born near Oakville, Alabama (southwest of Huntsville) on September 12, 1913. J.C. was only nine years old when Henry and Emma Owens moved the family to Cleveland, Ohio to seek a better life.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Hitler didn’t snub me. It was our president who snubbed me. The president didn’t even send me a telegram. Jesse Owens, in Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler’s Olympics

Lutz Long

It took a lot of courage for him to befriend me in front of Hitler… You can melt down all the medals and cups I have and they wouldn’t be a plating on the 24-karat friendship I felt for Lutz Long at that moment. Jesse Owens about Lutz Long

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snub

The real snub of Owens came from his own president. Even after ticker-tape parades for Owens in New York City and Cleveland, President Franklin D. Roosevelt never publicly acknowledged Owens’ achievements. Gold in the 100 meter, 200 meter, 400 meter relay, and long jump. Owens was never invited to the White House and never even received a letter of congratulations from the president. Almost two decades passed before another American president, Dwight D. Eisenhower, honored Owens by naming him ‘Ambassador of Sports’. In 1955.

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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52651

Wikipedia

Jesse Owens (Wikipedia) James Cleveland “Jesse” Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games.