In the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, he became an internationally famous athlete by winning four track and field gold medals, and, as a Black man, harming Hitler’s attempt to use the games as a showcase for Aryan superiority.
In the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, he became an internationally famous athlete by winning four track and field gold medals, and, as a Black man, harming Hitler’s attempt to use the games as a showcase for Aryan superiority.
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