Jesse Owens - History You Should Know #01

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One of the most inspiring stories of battling prejudice and athletic excellence. Primary sources for the episode: Olympics (https://olympics.com/en/athletes/jesse-owens) United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-nazi-olympics-berlin-1936)  history.com (https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-jesse-owens) Last updated: June 20, 2024 https://www.history.com/news/germany-world-war-i-debt-treaty-versailles Sports Illustrated (https://www.si.com/more-sports/2010/05/24/owens-recordday) “Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics - Deborah Riley Draper, Blair Underwood, Travis Thrasher  LIFE (https://www.life.com/people/jesse-owens-race-olympics/) Britannica (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jesse-Owens#:~:text=In%20one%20day%2C%20May%2025,sec)%2C%20the%20220-yard) World War 2 History (https://www.ww2history.org/at-war/the-friendship-of-american-jesse-owens-and-german-carl-luz-long-and-the-1936-berlin-xi-olympic-games/) JesseOwens.com (https://jesseowens.com/biography/#:~:text=He%20was%20their%20tenth%20child,Jesse%E2%80%9D%20and%20the%20name%20stuck.) Case Western Reserve University https://case.edu/ech/articles/o/owens-jesse#:~:text=While%20competing%20at%20the%20Big,inches%20stood%20for%2025%20years. BBC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z9y64j6/revision/5#) Europeana (https://www.europeana.eu/en/stories/the-olympic-games-that-didnt-happen) Here are my socials: Instagram: @rebranger (https://www.instagram.com/rebranger?igsh=anp2bjA0Y3RjeTZ4&utm_source=qr) TikTok: @rebranger (https://www.tiktok.com/@rebranger?_t=8p28m7Ppksi&_r=1) Facebook: Reb Atadero’s Boom Now You Know https://www.facebook.com/share/4Ne3Dj9PnHKVj4ae/?mibextid=LQQJ4d Follow for more and BOOM! Now you know!