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| In this Aug. 5, 1936 photo, American athlete Jesse Owens practices in the Olympic Village in Berlin. Shortly after Jesse Owens returned home from his snubbing by Adolph Hitler at the 1936 Olympics, he and America's 17 other black Olympians found a less-than-welcoming reception from their own government, as well. On Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 relatives of those 1936 African-American Olympians will be welcomed to the White House and will get to shake the President's hand, an honor Owens and the others didn’t receive after they returned home from Berlin 80 years ago. (AP Photo) |
Shortly after Jesse Owens
returned home from his snubbing by Adolf Hitler at the 1936 Olympics, he and
America's 17 other black Olympians found a less-than-welcoming reception from
their own government, as well.
