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Leni Riefenstahl Captures Jesse Owens Dashing Nazi Dreams at the 1936 Olympics

Posted on July 28, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Jesse Owens, the son of a sharecropper and grandson of slaves, went to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and upset Hitler’s visions of Aryan supremacy. Continue reading →

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