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Jesse Owens
By: Asia Johnson
Childhood
Childhood
Jesse Owens was born in Oakville, Alabama on September 12, 1913. His dad was a sharecropper, a farmer that rents land. As a child, Owens was sick, often too frail to help his father and siblings out in the fields. His brothers and sisters worked all day and night while Jesse's parents tried to keep him safe and healthy. In 1921, he and his family moved to Cleveland, Ohio for better work opportunities. The move to Cleveland allowed him to go to public school. In public school, his teacher accidentally wrote his name as Jesse instead of J. C. which stands for James Cleveland. He ended up just sticking with the name Jesse, which we have all referred to him as from that day forward.
FAMILY
FAMILY
Owens had a mom named Mary Emma Fitzgerald, a dad named Henry Cleveland Owens, six brothers named Prentice, Johnson, Henry, Ernest, Quincy, and Sylvester. He also had three sisters with the names of Ida, Josephine, and Lillie Owens.
Start of Career
When Jesse was in the fifth grade his athletic supervisor asked him to join the track team. At one point Jesse was a skinny little boy, but soon he developed into a strong runner.In Jr high, he set a record for the 100-yard dash.In his high school year of 1993, he won the 100-yard dash, the 200-yard dash, and the broad jump in the National Interscholastic Championships. Owens was such a good athlete. A coach even said it looked like he was floating over the ground when he ran.
First Win
First Win
Jesse Owens first win was in jr high , He won the 100-yard dash.
Olympics
At the track and field championships at the University of Michigan in 1935, he had broken 3 world records.One of his records hadn't been broken for 25 years, and that record was for his broad jump. Jesse was part of the 1936 U.S. Olympic team competing in Berlin, Germany. Jesse won a total of four gold medals at the Olympic games. After the Olympics, Jesse took a job as a playground supervisor, but he was soon approached by promoters who wanted him to race cars and horses. With the money from these exhibitions, he was able to finish school. He eventually had three daughters with his wife Minnie Ruth.
Olympics
First Olympic Win
First Olympic Win
On September 12, 1913 - March 31, 1980, Jesse Owens was an Amercian Track and Field athlete and four-time Olympic gold medal winner in the
1936 games.
Later Years
In 1976, Owens was awarded the highest civilian honor in the United States. President Gerald Ford presented him with the Medal of Freedom in front of members of the U.S. Montreal Olympic team. In February 1979 Jesse went to the White House where President Carter presented him with the Living Legend Award. Jesse was loved by many. He was considered to be a great athlete.
Later Years
Death
Death
On March 31, 1980, Owens died from lung cancer at the age of 66 in Tucson, Arizona. Many people who looked up to him missed him.
CITATIONS
http://saeedahmedcjd.blogspot.com/2014/12/jesse-owen.html
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ni-Pe/Owens-Jesse.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Owens
https://youtu.be/qNvfTB0ts5w
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