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After my grandfather hugged Jesse Owens, the Nazis told him: ‘Never embrace a black man again’
Jesse Owens’ place among the icons of sport is ... Long stretching his right arm out in a Hitler salute – is an expression of the distance between them. What it cannot convey is the fact ...
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Jesse Owens won four Olympic golds — then was paid to campaign against FDR
Adolf Hitler arrived too late to see Jesse Owens blazing down the track in Berlin ... On his right, a German Olympic official gave the Nazi salute. Germany’s dictator didn’t shake hands ...