Posted on Feb 27, 2022
The Jesse Owens They Don't Teach You about in History Class | Lawrence W. Reed
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One of the heroes of the 1936 Berlin games, the great Jesse Owens, understood what the most important things in life are. To Jesse, they were matters of the conscience and of the soul.
“The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals,” he wrote in his 1970 book, Blackthink: My Life as Black Man and White Man. “The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at. Life is the real Olympics.”
One of the heroes of the 1936 Berlin games, the great Jesse Owens, understood what the most important things in life are. To Jesse, they were matters of the conscience and of the soul.
“The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals,” he wrote in his 1970 book, Blackthink: My Life as Black Man and White Man. “The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at. Life is the real Olympics.”
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FDR snubbed him and President Ford finally honored him almost 40 years later!
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CWO4 Terrence Clark
You make my point LTC (Join to see)
Not perfect, fits and starts.
But striving to do better.
Lately there is a strong movement to about face.
Not perfect, fits and starts.
But striving to do better.
Lately there is a strong movement to about face.
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Attending grade school in Texas and Louisiana during the 50s we were encouraged to read and discuss uplifting biographies like this on Jesse, "Satchel" Page, Booker T., G.W. Carver and others. Acknowledging the wrongs, celebrating the rights, appreciating the struggle to move toward the promises of the Founding Documents. Not perfect, fits and starts. Striving to do better. Too bad today's kids are too often being taught a return to hate and distrust.
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LT Christopher Miller
I could not agree more. Generally, those who seek who defame American are those that would not serve in the first place, and that tells you much about their character.
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Jessie Owens was spot-on. Hopefully we have mentors that bring us to the realization of those struggles - the struggles that others can not, or will not fight for us - the struggles we alone must concur.
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