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Flashback: Iconic Photo Shows Jesse Owens Saluting American Flag in Nazi Germany
 
By Rusty | Featured Contributor | September 28, 2017 8:17AM

A social media account known as ‘History In Pix’ has reminded us all what true courage looks like, posting an iconic photo of American track and field legend Jesse Owens saluting the American flag at the 1936 games in Berlin.

In the face of hostility, flanked by numerous others standing in a Nazi salute to Adolf Hitler who sickeningly believed in a master race, Owens stood in defiance, saluting the American flag.

http://thepoliticalinsider.com/flashback-iconic-photo-shows-jesse-owens-saluting-american-flag-in-nazi-germany/

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