Jesse Owens

Born: 1913 in Alabama

Died: 1980

Was a track & field star athlete who won 4 Gold medals at 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany, setting 3 world records.

His incredible Olympic success is credited with knocking out Hitler’s myth of Aryan supremacy, who afterwards even suggested blacks shouldn’t be allowed to compete.

Made part of “Olympic Order “for his fight against racism at the 1936 Games.

Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Said: “The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within your self – the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us – that’s where it’s at.”