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Article: Jesse Owens: With no Olympic endorsements, Owens became a runner-for-hire.
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- The Lima News (Lima, OH)
- Article date:
- February 1, 2006
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Byline: Kim Kincaid
Feb. 1--LIMA -- The world knew Jesse Owens was a hero. Yet in 1946, racial discrimination kept him from the accolades that fall to other heroes. Yes, he had a ticker tape parade after being honored as the first American to ever win four gold medals in a single Olympics. His 1936 Olympic triumph would forever be remembered for shattering Hitler's claim of an Aryan race by Owens' winning race after race.
But before the confetti of the parade had been cleaned, Owens was looking for work.
There were no financial endorsements coming his way. And Owens, already married to his high school sweetheart, Ruth Solomon, needed the ...