Ep. 242 - Where are Jesse Owens' gold medals?
In 1936, Jesse Owens single-handedly shattered Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy by winning four gold medals at the Berlin Olympic Games. But he returned home to a deeply segregated country that challenged him to the very end. We share the highlights of his life and career, and follow the trail of what happened to his iconic gold medals.
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