"After I came home from the 1936 Olympics with my four medals, it became increasingly apparent that everyone was going to slap me on the back, want to shake my hand or have me up to their suite. But no one was going to offer me a job."
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People from AlabamaAfrican AmericansTrack and field athletesOlympic gold medalistsSportspeople from Cleveland
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Jesse Owens
1913 β 1980
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