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The Rising

Jesse Owens

Series 2, Episode 2

Jesse Owens

Duration: 24 min | Rating: PG

At the 1936 Olympics Jesse Owens disproved Adolf Hitler’s poisonous rhetoric, but as an African American he did not return home to a life befitting such a superstar.

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