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Heroes & Villains
                                                                                                                JESSE OWENS







                                                                                                         Owens came
                                                                                                      from a large family
                                                                                                     and had nine siblings
                                                                                                     that his mother and
                                                                                                      father struggled to
                                                                                                           support
































































        “ When the gun fired he didn’t step
         heavy and remembered what his father

         told him: ‘Imagine you’re sprinting over
         a ground of burning fire’”


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