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The Return

• The return for Jesse really didn't happen till after he passed away when the Jesse Owens Foundations was formed.


• Also Jesse's return was that he lead the way for many other African American athletes and help fight the racism in sports.

The Atonement

• Jesse atonement was when he became "ambassador of sports" for the U.S.


• While ambassador of sports Jesse focused on poor neighborhoods and tried to help young athletes find away out of poverty and around racism.


• After retiring Jesse recieved many awards for his work like Medal of Freedom, and the Living Legends award.

The Transformation

• Jesse transformation began when he stopped running.


• Jesse found a job in sports promotion/pubic relations and used this to reach out to other African Americans and help them improve their lives.

The Abyss

• The abyss came when Jesse was at the Olympics and after he came back to the U.S.


• Segregation became even more visible to him after he came back from the Olympics in Germany.


• Jesse was never paid for running so he had finacial problems after the Olympics.

The Initiation

• Jesse started facing more problems right out of High School one was deciding to run college or not.


• Jesse was already married and needed to support his family, so he turned down a bunch of scholar ship offers.


• Jesse's coached finally convinced him to run college after getting his dad a full time job at Ohio State University, where Jesse would be running.


• Jesse also began to face segregation and prejudice in and outside the school. He wasn't even allowed to stay on campus because he was black.


• Physical injury was also something Jesse had to overcome before one meet he had a bad injury that he was treated before half an hour prior to his race and still did great in his events.

The Desent

• Family still faced finacial problems while in Clevland.


• Jesse was forced to work to after school to help support his family throught the hard time.


• Working after school didn't allow Jesse to practice with the track team after school. Instead of quiting the coach allowed him to practice before school by himself.

The Threshold

• The thresh hold for Jesse was really him deciding to run and joining the track team in Junior High


• The threshold also includes Jesse continuing to run in High School.

The Call

• The call for Jesse Owens was when he first began to start to love running in Junior High and High School


• Joined the track team when the coach ask him to during Junior High.


• Jesse's coach, Charles Riley, was who inspired Jesse to run, and later in life Jesse gives him full credit for his success in track.

Jesse Early Life

Jesse Owens was born on September 12, 1913 in Oakville, Alambama. Jesse was the seventh of elven children in his family. While in Alambama his parents were sharecroppers which led to the decision to move to Clevland for better economic oppurtunity. Jesse original name was James Clevland Owens. During his first day at school in Clevland his teacher ask him his name and he said J.C. "initials and what his mom called him" the teacher heard Jesse and the name stuck.