When I came back to my native country, after all the stories about Hitler, I couldn't ride in the front of the bus. I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted. I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, but I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President, either.
— Jesse Owens Modern

Olympic athlete, Berlin 1936

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Interview, highlighting the irony of his reception in the US versus Germany

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1960s-1970s

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Strange & Unusual

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