JESSE OWENS was born in 1913 in Oakville, Alabama, the youngest of 10 children. His family moved to Cleveland, Ohio during the original Great Migration (1910-1930) when hordes of Black people left the segregated South for better opportunities in the North.
Jesse was actually born James Cleveland Owens, but as a family story goes, when his new teacher asked him his name he said "J.C.", but because of his strong Southern accent, she thought he said Jesse. The name stuck for the rest of his life.
Owens was a track and field athlete who specialized in the sprints and the long jump. He gained international fame at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany by winning four gold medals; 100 meters, 200 meters, long jump, and 4x10 relay.
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Jesse was the most successful athlete at the games, and as such, has been recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history.
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