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  The Joe Louis Story (1953)

  The Joe Louis Story (1953)

  The Joe Louis Story (1953), 88 min
  Producer Stirling Silliphant
  The life and career of Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, who held the title for 12 years--longer than any other boxer in history--and who had to not only battle opponents inside the ring and racism outside it.

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  1936, Long Jump, Men, Olympic Games, ...

  1936, Long Jump, Men, Olympic Games, ...

  It was the African-American participants who helped cement America's success at the Olympic Games. In all, the United States won 11 gold medals, six of them by black athletes. Owens was easily the most dominant athlete to compete. He captured four gold medals (the 100 meter, the long jump, the 20...

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  1936, 4x100m, Men, Olympic Games, Berlin

  1936, 4x100m, Men, Olympic Games, Berlin

  Owens, a black sharecropper's son from Alabama, stole the 1936 Olympics – winning his three individual events and adding a fourth gold medal in the 4 x 100-meter relay (which included Ralph Metcalf). The fact that four other American blacks also won did little to please Adolph Hitler, but the app...