From
the cotton fields to the track and fields at the lympics to the White House
for the Living Legends Award, to being warded the Medal of Freedom; it was
surely a great run for the fabled Black Pearl – the great Jesse Owens.
Racing down the pavements to creating records at the Berlin Olympics in
the 1930s, was nothing short of a miracle by this grandson of a black slave.
This Blackeye Bullet shot down Hitler’sAryan Race Supremacy
theory to win
accolades
all round the world
displaying his prowess, on and, later, off the field.
Fame
and fortune they say sink as easily as the humble beginnings that
raise the character
of a person, instilling the spirit of universal brotherhood, the
symbol of humanity. That was the spirit of Jesse Owens. From catching
the spirit that broke world records in track and field events
at the Olympics, humbling a dictator, fighting against race issues,
and above all, speaking for the love for humanity.
Fame
and fortune they say sink as easily as the humble beginnings that
raise the character
of a person, instilling the spirit of universal brotherhood, the
symbol of humanity. That was the spirit of Jesse Owens. From catching
the spirit that broke world records in track and field events
at the Olympics, humbling a dictator, fighting against race issues,
and above all, speaking for the love for humanity.
