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OWENS, JESSE (12 September 1913-31 March 1980), was a world record ... and Malaya to promote physical exercise as well as tout the cause of American freedom and economic opportunity in the developing ...

Jesse Owens died in 1980, having lived long enough to see some of the changes he had dreamed of. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1976, and his legacy is now firmly enshrined in ...

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PHOENIX — Jesse Owens was a record-breaking athlete who gained international fame, breaking barriers in the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany. But for Gina Hemphill-Strachan, the Medal of Freedom ...

American Jesse Owens’ achievements at the 1936 Olympics ... In 1976, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Gerald Ford, and in 1990, a decade after his death from lung cancer ...

Other notable athletes and coaches who have been bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom include Jesse Owens (1976), Jackie Robinson (1984), Muhammad Ali (2005), Billie Jean King (2009 ...

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Jesse Owens is best remembered as the sprinter and long jumper ... Owens was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1976 and elected to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1983.