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What was Jesse Owens doing at 8?

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

  1. c. 1922

    Moved to Cleveland at nine; a teacher renamed him Jesse

    She misheard J.C. in his southern accent. He never corrected it.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org
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Portrait: Photo: Acme News Photos (1936), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source