Jesse Owens · every age

What was Jesse Owens doing at 19?

Four golds in Berlin at 22, then raced horses for a living

1. Jun 17, 1933

   Tied the 100-yard dash world record as a high schooler

   9.4 seconds at the national high school championships in Chicago. He was 19.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org
2. c. 1933

   Entered Ohio State University

   No scholarship. He worked jobs to pay his way and could not live on campus because he was Black.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

Portrait: Photo: Acme News Photos (1936), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source