DreamBox Learning - While the world was at odds, Jesse Owens was breaking down the barriers of discrimination at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He was the first American athlete to win four
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Olympic history: Jesse Owens to Daley Thompson, the shoes that took athletes to the podium | Daily Mail Online
![TIL in the 1936 summer Olympics in Nazi Germany, Adi Dassler, founder of the new German company Adidas, asked african American athlete Jesse Owens to wear his new running shoes during the TIL in the 1936 summer Olympics in Nazi Germany, Adi Dassler, founder of the new German company Adidas, asked african American athlete Jesse Owens to wear his new running shoes during the](https://preview.redd.it/6wy1v6zylhn91.jpg?auto=webp&s=aa2041fadf7f2ed32598dcdafee07a1d4b22a7ee)