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Jesse Owens: 'Happiest day of my life'...

Item # 704736
August 04, 1936
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, California, Aug. 4, 1936  The bottom of the front page has a bordered report "Olympics" beginning; "Jesse Owens, American Negro, won the Olympic 100 meter final today..." with more.
The front page of the sports section has much on the Olympics in Berlin, Germany, including a banner headline: "OWENS, METCALF, WYKOFF 1 2 - 4 IN 100 FINAL", & other reports Happiest Day Of My Life---Owens" "Nazi Jim Crow Rule Holds At Owens Victory" "German Third Placer Given Bigger Cheer than Jesse" and other reports.
Complete in 30 pages, partially loose at the spine, nice condition.