Track & Field
Unknown young black runner with the longest stride ever recorded battles adversity while inspiring his Black and Jewish teammates to defeat Adolf Hitler’s Aryan Race Nazis in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Not done there, he carried his crusade for racial equality into World War Two, the Korean War, and beyond, continuing to touch lives even after having both legs amputated.
Unknown young black runner with the longest stride ever recorded battles adversity while inspiring his Black and Jewish teammates to [MORE DETAILS]