| Term Paper Title | Jesse Owens |
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Jesse Owens
"I always loved running...it was something you could do by yourself, and under
your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted,
fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the
strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs."
-Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens, a black man who contributation to the world will be know to
everyone. A man who has broken all the boundaries. A man who has won many names
and awards. A man of many talents. A man with a title “fastest man ever”. A MAN
Jesse Owens, one of the eight children in his family, one of the best
track and field athletes of all time. He was born 1913, on a farm in the city of
Danville Alabama, under his real name, James Cleveland Owens. He went to
Fairmount Junior High School. Then he went on to high school where he was a
track athlete and there his high points were the running broad jump (long jump),
the one-hundred meter dash and the two-hundred meter dash. After graduating from
high school he attended Ohio State University (OSU).
Charles Riley taught him after he first saw him in junior high. He was a
excellent track runner in high school, one of the best in the world. Like
mentioned above, he was excellent in the broad jump, the one-hundred meter dash,
and the two-hundred meter dash. He loved running when he was young, he said “
...it would always get me where I was going...” He would always run. He then
went on to attend Ohio State University and there he set the new worlds record
for the broad jump at the length of 26 feet and one forth inch. Going on to the
next year he set another worlds record for the one-hundred meter dash at the
time of 10.2 seconds. He then was so good he went on to the 1936 Olympics as a
member of the U S Olympic team, the games were held in Berlin, Germany where
blacks were not accepted as well as whites and because of that Reichfuekrer
Adolf Hitler did not acknowledge the achievements that he did perform, despite
his athletic ability. He won ...Read entire document
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