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My African pioneers project is on Jesse Owens by Stephanie Alvarado period 8th 2/21/21

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Here are interesting facts about Jesse Owens, He was the first American track and field athlete to win four gold medals at a single Olympic Games. Owens captured four gold medals at a single Olympiad.His mother performed makeshift surgery on him with a knife.Owens raced against horses for money. The New York Mets baseball team hired Owens as a running coach.

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Since Jesse Owens is deceased, he also made contributions which is him winning medals old medals in the long jump, the 100- and 200-metre dashes, and the 4 x 100-metre relay, but the first black person to. Jesse Owens also was the first Black and American track and field athlete to win four gold medals at a single Olympic Games.

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Sadly Jesse Owens passed away on March 31 1980 in Tucson Arizona, when he was 66 years old. Jesse Owens died of lung cancer. Since then a street and a school have been named after him in Berlin, two US postage stamps have been issued in his honour, and a memorial park has been opened in Alabama, amongst other tributes.

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Jesse Owens contributions were his best performance at the 1936 where he won gold medals for in the long jump, the 100- and 200-meter dashes, and the 4 x 100-meter relay. He was the first Black American track and field athlete to win four gold medals at a single Olympic Games. Through his athletic accomplishments, Jesse Owens confronted  cultural stereotypes of success, and revealed that African Americans are no different than their White counterparts to the nation.

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Jesse Owens also once said "For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world." This is also my favorite quote said by him, because he's grateful for the attention he once had for all the accomplishments he done in his life.

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He once said "We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort." What he said is my favorite quote because it's true ! You're going to have to believe in yourself to accomplish your goals.

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He achieved international fame at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, by winning four gold medals: 100 meters, long jump, 200 meters, and 4 × 100-meter relay. He was the most successful athlete at the Games and, as a black man, was credited with "single-handedly crushing Hitlers myth of Aryan supremacy", although he "wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President, either".

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Jesse Owens was born in Oakville Alabama, on September 12, 1913.

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Jesse Owen was an  African American track and felid athlete and he won a four time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympic Games.