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In August 1936, the Olympic Stadium in Berlin was packed as Adolf Hitler watched from his private box. On the field below, two long jumpers...
Berlin, August 4, 1936. Jesse Owens stood at the edge of the long jump runway, shaken. The twenty-two-year-old son of Alabama sharecroppers had fouled on...
In the summer of 1936, Jesse Owens stood at the edge of elimination. The African American sprinter had fouled twice in the long jump qualifying...