 
Jesse Owens (Black Americans of Achievement)
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 On: 2004-03-10
Jesse Owens was born in 1913 in Alabama.His mother and father or as they were sharecroppers.Jesse or as they called him "JC" was the youngest of his family.He was small and skinney. "JC" had a sickniss in his leg that his mother had to take out with a hot kichen knife.He calls that leg his lucky leg.
In the 1920s the owens moved to Clevelands black ghetto where he went to high school. He had to get a job shining shoes and sweeping floors in stores while going to school.
In 1936,"JC" won a gold medal at the Olypics that year and helped his team win.
On: 2000-09-06
Jesse Owens autobiography was written as something of a self-advertisement. Sadly, some of the more difficult aspects of his life were covered over or revised to make a happier life than he probably experienced. I tried to get to the bottom of some of the confusion around dates and events, which forced me to disagree with what Mr. Owens had written in some instances.
On: 1999-07-09
Having read Jesse Owens autobiography, Jesse, I am less impressed with this book than I was with the autobiography. His autobiography differs in the details--such as whether or not he got married before or after his first child was born, and also speculates about his opinions. It is opinionated in itself and doesnt give as objective a viewpoint as I would desire in a biography. However, the photographs are great, and let the viewer become acquainted with what the real Jesse Owens looked like, for those who were not acquainted with him while he lived. Not bad, but I dont recommend it too highly.
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