Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics in 1936

Jesse Owens must have seemed super-human back then.
Go outside and see how close you can get to jumping 26 feet.
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Donald Trump deals with the same bigoted shit every day that Jesse Owens did way back in the era of prejudice. Viva Trump. The White guy who took more punishment than any other White guy in history.
 
Which Leader Snubbed Jesse Owens? Hint: It Wasn't Hitler
Which Leader Snubbed Jesse Owens? Hint: It Wasn't Hitler
". . . After the Olympics, in which 18 African-American athletes competed with record-breaking success, only white athletes were invited to meet President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the White House. It was an election year, and FDR “did not want to be perceived as being soft on the negro issue,” says Harry Edwards, a sociologist and campaigner for Black participation in professional sports. The most decorated American athlete of the Games, Owens had to enter his own celebratory reception at the Waldorf Astoria through the freight elevator. After being banned from amateur competition because he declined to take part in a post-Olympics promotional tour, and with no professional opportunities or sponsorships, Owens worked as a playground janitor.. . . "
 

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