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Title: 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
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