Jesse Owens:

I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, but I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President, either.

— Jesse Owens Modern

Olympic athlete, Berlin 1936

Context

Commenting on racial discrimination after the 1936 Olympics

Date / Period

1936

Source

https://www.biography.com/athlete/jesse-owens

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