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This Week in Black History

Posted on August 4, 2022 by Wave Staff Don

August 9, 1936

Alabama native James Cleveland Owens, later nicknamed “Jesse,” wins four gold medals in track and field at the international Olympics in Berlin, shattering Adolf Hitler’s Nazi theories of “Aryan supremacy.”

– For more information on black history, arts and culture, visit www.caamuseum.org.

Posted in Features, This Week in Black HistoryTagged 1936 Olympics, Adolf Hitler, Jesse Owens

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