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100 pounds of cotton a day by age seven to help his family survive in Alabama.
▪️1935: He set four world records in 45 minutes at the Big Ten Championships—a feat still unmatched in sports history.
▪️1936: He won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, shattering #Nazi racial #propaganda on the world stage.
👉🏽The Harsh Reality of Jim Crow:
Despite his global triumph, Owens returned to a segregated America. Even as a world champion:
▪️He was forced to use the freight elevator to reach his own
