Jesse Owens USA salutes after defeating Nazi Germany’s Lutz Long in long jump, 1936 Berlin Olympics.

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image showing Jesse Owens USA salutes after defeating Nazi Germany’s Lutz Long in long jump, 1936 Berlin Olympics.

psilocin72 on April 27th, 2025 at 12:06 UTC »

Owens is a true American hero. He was the right guy in exactly the right time. Hitler was so sure his guys would sweep the events. Jessie had other ideas

50mm-f2 on April 27th, 2025 at 12:07 UTC »

calm down everyone, he’s just giving his heart out to the crowd

andtomorrowand on April 27th, 2025 at 12:32 UTC »

What’s sad is Owen’s was not able to live a life off of the means he should have had after these Olympics.

He had to sell this medal eventually as well as his other gold medals in order to make ends meet in his later life, while working a 9-5. America did not take proper care of this hero.