Do you know anything on jesse Owens such as where he was born, who his parents were. Basically just his life?

Question

Do you know anything on jesse Owens such as where he was born, who his parents were. Basically just his life?

Answer 1

he was from alabama.



google him

Answer 2

There are many sites with info on Jesse Owens, here is a bit on him and the sites where available

James Cleveland Owens was born in 1913 in a small town in Alabama to Henry and Emma Owens. When J.C. was eight, his parents decided to move the family to Cleveland, Ohio. They did not have much money, and J.C.'s father was hoping to find a better job. When they arrived in Cleveland, J.C. was enrolled in a public school. On his first day of class when the teacher asked his name, she heard Jesse, instead of J.C. He would be called Jesse from that point on.the youngest of ten children in his family. His siblings included six brothers, Prentice, Johnson, Henry, Ernest, Quincy, and Sylvester, and three sisters, Ida, Josephine, and Lillie.

He died of lung cancer in Phoenix, Arizona, on March 31 1980.

Answer 3

Born on September 12, 1913 ( in clevland)

He grew up in Clevland, Ohio also

He says he "always loved running but was never good at it."



Much Much more try going to this site



http://www.mccsc.edu/~jcmslib/mlk/owens/biography.htm

Answer 4

Alabama.

Answer 5

all you want to know and then some



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Owens