JESSE OWENS
1976
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT RECOGNISED HIM LATER
HE WENT TO WORK IN COTTON FIELDS (AGED 7)
SUCCESFUL ATHLETE AT SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY
WAS BORN
DIED IN 1980
ALABAMA (USA) IN 1913
TO A POOR FAMILY
WHEN HE WAS 9 HE MOVED TO CLEVELAND AND STARTED SCHOOL
JAMES CLEVELAND OWENS
RELAY
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VERY POPULAR ATHLETE
1936
BERLIN OLYMPICS: HE WON 4 GOLD MEDALS
200 METRES
400 METRES
100 METRES
HE WON THE :
HE ALSO WON
THE LONG JUMP
1935 OWEN'S WORLD RECORD
DURING THE BERLIN OLYMPICS :
SAME HOTEL AS ALL THE OTHER WHITE ATHLETES
THIS WAS SOMETHING HE COULDN'T DO AT HOME
WHEN OWENS WENT BACK HOME HAD DIFFICULTY FINDING WORK
GERMAN PEOPLE ENJOYED JESSE'S PERFORMANCE
BECAME THE FAMOUS COMPANY ADIDAS
BECAUSE ASKED JESSE TO WEAR RUNNING SHOES HIS COMPANY MADE
'ADI' DASSLER
HE RACED AGAINST CARS, DOGS AND HORSES
TO EARN MONEY
PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM
ANGRY AT THE REACTIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE USA
40 YEARS AFTER THE BERLIN OLYMPICS