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And we continue with our American stories.

The story of United States Olympic legend Jesse Owens and Nazi long jumper

lose Long's friendship demonstrates how sports can unite people, even in the toughest of circumstances.

Here to tell a story is the Jack Miller Center's editorial officer and historian, Elliot Drago.

The Jack Miller Center, by the way, is a nationwide network of scholars and teachers

dedicated to educating the next generation about America's founding principles and history.

To learn more, visit jackmiller center.org.

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Jesse Owens stood and gazed across Berlin's Olympic Stadium in August 1936, the first week of the 11th Olympiad. The immense structure and architectural marvel shook whenever the crowd of 100,000 Germans

in attendance roared, and their cheers and booze began to unnerve Owens, who was arguably

one of the most disciplined athletes in history.

This entire spectacle was almost too much for him. He was more

than just mad. He was, in his words, hate mad. Owens steeled himself for his second long jump

attempt. His first attempt left him both winded and disheartened, as not only did he fail

to hit his mark, he also received a foul from the German official.

True to form, Owens refused to make excuses and later admitted that the foul on his first long jump attempt was fair.

I will be more careful with my second jump, he thought.

There's no sense of being fouled twice.

He began his second attempt, running, leaping, but before he even

landed, he heard the German official shout foul. Even though he played it safe, perhaps too

safe, Owens could not get over the injustice of that second foul. Was the official fair? Yeah, Owens later

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