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.

birth

Jesse Owens, originally known as J. C., was the youngest of ten children (three girls and seven boys) born to Henry Cleveland Owens [1881–1942] (a sharecropper) and Mary Emma Fitzgerald in Oakville, Alabama, on September 12, 1913.

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

grave

He [Jesse Owens] was buried next to the Lake of Memories at Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago, near where his children and extended family still lived.

grave inscription

Jesse Owens. Olympic Champion. 1936. Athlete and humanitarian. A master of the spirit as well as the mechanics of sports. A winner who knew that winning was not everything. He showed extraordinary love for his family and friends. His achievements have shown us all the promise of America. His faith in America inspired countless others to do their best for themselves and their country. September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980.

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

path on GitHub

https://github.com/davepinch/pinchy.cc/blob/master/content/topics/people/j/jesse-owens/jesse-owens.md

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Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th U.S. president, and his wife Mamie Eisenhower, retired to a farm near Gettysburg after leaving the White House in 1961. He lived there until his death in 1969.

slavery

He [Jesse Owens] was the grandson of a slave.

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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tribute

tribute of Jesse Owens (Wikipedia) Jimmy Carter on Jesse Owens

Wikidata

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.