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Jesse Owens: 'Happiest day of my life'...
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.
Category: The 20th Century
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