JESSE OWENS

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JESSE OWENS
Jesse owens childhood
Why is he Famous ?

• THE STORY OF HIS LIFE

Marriage, comps And death
Jesse Owens Quiz
Play Jesse Owens running game
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The childhood of Jesse Owens

• The Childhood of Jesse Owens On September 12,
  1913, Jesse Cleveland Owens was born to the
  parents of Henry and Emma Owens in Oakville,
  Alabama. He grew up there until he was nine.
  While living in Oakville, he went by J.C. for
  short. James Cleveland was the youngest of ten
  children in his family. His siblings included six
  brothers, Prentice, Johnson, Henry, Ernest,
  Quincy, and Sylvester, and three sisters, Ida,
  Josephine, and Lillie. As most southern folks,
  the Owens were sharecroppers. They would plant
  cotton, corn, and many other crops  throughout
  the summers. Every year they would struggle to
  maintain a harvest to feed their family of 10.
  Jesse was able to attend school in a one room
  school house where he learned to read and write.
  In his spare time, Jesse enjoyed running around
  the farm. When Jesse Owens wrote his
  autobiography, he described his childhood as...
• " I always loved running. I wasn't very good at
  it, but I loved it because it was something you
  could do all by yourself, under your own power.
  You could go any direction, fast or slow as you
  wanted, fighting the wind it you felt like it,
  seeking new sights just on the strength of your
  own feet and courage of your lungs."

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• Why is he famous ?

American track star Jesse Owens (1913-1980)
became the hero of the 1936 Olympic Games in
Berlin, as his series of victories scored a moral
victory for black athletes. Owens was a member of
the 1936 U.S. Olympic team competing in Berlin.
The African-American members of the squad faced
the challenges not only of competition but also
of Hitler's boasts of Aryan supremacy. Owens won
a total of four gold medals at the Olympic games.
As a stunned Hitler angrily left the stadium,
German athletes embraced Owens and the spectators
chanted his name. He returned to America to a
hero's welcome, honoured at a ticker tape parade
in New York. However, within months, he was
unable to find work to finance his senior year of
college. Owens took work as a playground
supervisor, but was soon approached by promoters
who wanted to pit him against race horses and
cars. With the money from these exhibitions, he
was able to finish school.
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JESSE OWENS COMPETTIONS , MARRIAGE AND DEATH

• A hero is someone who can endure and overcome
  major challenges to achieve greatness. A hero
  never gives up. The thought never even crosses
  their mind. They are focused and determined on
  working long and hard to always try harder than
  their hardest. A hero is someone who does more
  than help themselves, they never abandon someone
  who is relying on them, and they always make the
  best of every situation. That is why my hero is
  Jesse Owens.
• On the 5th of July 1935 Jesse Owens married
  Minnie Ruth Solomon a young women which he met
  during Fairmount junior high school. After
  Jesse's death, Ruth carried on his philanthropic
  work through the Jesse Owens Memorial Foundation,
  and watched over the family's interests when
  commercial enterprises

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QUIZ TIME

• What year was Jesse Owens born?
• A.1913 B.1942 C.1915
• What was Jesse Owens career?
• A.Sport B.music C.artist