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Jesse Owens
When James
Cleveland was born in a farm, he and his ten brother and sisters, who
were Ida, Lillie, and Josephine were the sisters. The brother were him,
Prentice, Johnson, Henry, Ernest, and Quincy. They were
planting crops to survive in the winters for their hungry mouths.. He grew up, and went to school
at Cleveland East Technical High School. He became a track star as a
senior, and tied the world record in the yard-dash with a time of 9.4
seconds. Then, Jesse wanted
to join the Olympics. He tied the record once again, and won four more
gold medals all in one day I had written letters about Jesse Owens to Josephine that are fictional, but contain real facts about Jesse Owens only. |
How to be Jesse Owens Be born 1913, in Alabama Be trained by a coach at high school named Charlie Riley Tie a record at high school in senior Go to the Olympics after that run Marry a wife named Ruth Solomon Have three daughters named Gloria, Beverly, and Marlene Die at age 66 of cancer, but have a reward of freedom from the president in 1976 |
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He died at age 66, but got the medal of freedom in 1976 before he died of
cancer.