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Jesse Owens was the first African-American to run track in the Olympics. Hitler said that the Germans would win the most medals, so he challenged Jesse and Jesse proved him wrong by winning four gold medals.
A Gold Medal winner and the fastest man on earth. Well who was on earth.

and also was the first african american thank u very much
James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American Track and Field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals: one each in the 100 meters, the 200 meters, the long jump, and as part of the 4x100 meter relay team.

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Jesse Owens at first was a Christian then converted to Islam after atleast 2 or 3 years from the 1936 Olympics

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Some of his beliefs were that his family will survive the winter

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jesse Owens was always called J.C, but once when he went to school. since he had such a strong accent his teacher thought he had said "Jesse"" since that day he was named Jesse Owens.

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