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BY:CADIAN
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*Born in Oakville, Alabama *Lived on a farm *He was sick a lot *Had a brother and a sister *Picked cotton on the farm *He moved a lot
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Jesse broke 5 records in Michigan University Jesse Owens asked Ohio State if he go there for school. They said no, but then they said yes because they wanted a fast runner. He was not the best student, and he wasn’t treated very well. Jesse Owens was the fastest person in the world.
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Jesse got to go to the Olympics in Germany. Jesse won 4 Olympic medals in Germany: 400 meter 100 meter, long jump, and a team medal.
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He wrote a book called I Always Loved Running. He was proud. Some people liked that he was proud, and some people did not.
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SSome people did not like the book and started to write angry letters to Jesse. WWhite people did not like it out of all people.
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President Jimmy Carter gave Jesse a gold medal at the White House. He got many other awards. Jesse got medals from the President and from the Olympics.
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*DETERMINED Jesse is determined because in the Olympics, he had three jumps. He failed two jumps, and he still won because he did not give up. *CARING Jesse was caring because when he was in the Olympics, he made a friend. His friend was shot, so Jesse went to his parent’s house and became friends with them.
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“If you don’t try to win, you may as well hold the Olympics in someone’s back yard.” That means you should try and not give up.
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