When ppl made a big deal abt Hitler snubbing him he'd point out the Olympic village was the first time he wasn't in segregated housinghttps://twitter.com/clevelanddotcom/status/860907521468493824 …
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Owens had to ride the freight elevator to the Waldorf Astoria ballroom for a banquet in his honor bc he wasn't allowed in the hotel proper
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Jesse Owens never competed in any Olympics after 1936 bc the US officials barred him for life after controversy over him doing endorsements
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Thanks for this thread. Discrimination began at home.
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The dark side of FDR's New Deal Coalition was that it needed support of Dixiecrats.
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