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Qasim Rashid, Esq.Feb 22, 2023

Here's an uncomfortable American history fact. While folks often point out that after Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Hitler refused to shake his hand.

But what happened next? Well, after returning home, Owens & 17 other Black Olympians were denied an invite to the White House. Instead, President Roosevelt only invited white Olympians. And it wasn't until 2016 that the White House finally apologized and invited their descendants to the WH.

2016.
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@QasimRashid Knew an MKE bicyclist, b. 1912, who toured Europe and attended the ‘34 games. He was busted for trespassing on the Jagermeister’s estate, now Poland, and was served breakfast with Herman Goring. He’d pretended that he didn’t known German. He stole Hitler’s flag from von Hindenburg’s memorial and brought it home, Hermann Nunnemacher. He hated my guts for not marrying a younger sister, b. 1922.