Jesse Owens

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Jesse Owens

• By Wendy

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Fast Facts

• Born Sept. 12,1913 in Alabama
• Died March 31,1980
• Lived in Alabama and Cleveland, Ohio
• Dad Henry Owens who was a sharecropper, Mom Mary
  Emma and eight brothers and sisters
• When Jesse was nine his family moved to
  Cleveland, Ohio
• Jesse attended school in Alabama in a one room
  house where he was taught to read and write

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What He Was Known For

• Fastest track and field runner ever known
• Set new world records in the 220 yard dash, the
  200 yard hurdles and the long jump and equaled.

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Sources

• www.Jesseowens.info
• www.EnchantedLearning.com