Owens, Jesse (1913-1980)
J.C. "Jesse" Owens is best remembered for his participation in the Berlin Olympics of 1936, where as part of the United States
athletics team he won four gold me...
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American track star Jesse Owens (1913-1980) became the hero of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, as his series of victories scored a moral victory for black athletes.James Cleveland Owens was born in ...
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Six decades after completing their World War II mission and coming home to a country that discriminated against them because they were black, the Tuskegee Airmen are getting high honors from Congre...
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Today is Thursday, Aug. 9, the 221st day of 2007. There are 144 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Aug. 9, 1945, three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, the Unit...
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Osaka, Japan (dpa) - Tyson Gay aims to join an elite group of
sprinters including Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis and Maurice Greene to win
a major championship double on Thursday w...
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Karlsruhe, Germany (dpa) - Heinz Fuetterer still lives up to his
nickname "White Flash" as he has run away from everyone again to
celebrate his 75th birthday on Saturday qui...
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LONDON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Poised, articulate and gloriously
talented, Marion Jones was an immediate sensation on her first
tour of Europe in 1997. While Carl Lewis was making his farewell circuit...
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Beijing (dpa) - Another rat year means another Olympics, since
every third games takes place while the Chinese astrological rodent
rules the stars.
If the fir...
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Ron Howard's Cinderella Man, from a screenplay by Cliff Hollings-worth and Akiva Goldsman, struck me as just an O.K. vintage fight movie. I say "just O.K." in opposition to the gushing superlatives...
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Owens, Jesse (1913-1980)
Jesse Owens
Black aviators to be honored by Congress
