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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Jesse Owens applied to OSU for an ME program so he could teach PE but was summarily denied due to his poor academics as an undergrad
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(During which he had set 3 world records as captain of OSU's track and field team, while living off campus bc dorms were whites-only)
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I read somewhere he was forced to race horses in order to make any money. America's star black athlete reduced to performing like an animal.
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I didn't see the movie...but was this bit included in the end?
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