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Cheap Boston Celtics Jerseys . -- Amid the jerseys and baseball bats held in a secure room at SCP Auctions, theres a piece
of sports memorabilia that speaks to much more than athletic prowess: an Olympic
medal won by track star Jesse Owens at the 1936 Games in Berlin. The medal --
being auctioned online -- recalls both the Nazi propaganda myths that Owens
busted with his world record-setting 100-yard dash, and the American segregation
that he came home to when he returned to the U.S. after the Games, which Adolf
Hitler had orchestrated to showcase his ideas of Aryan supremacism. "Almost
singlehandedly, Owens obliterated Hitlers plans," SCP Auctions partner Dan Imler
said. "Youve got an African American, son of a sharecropper, grandson of slaves
who overcame these incredible circumstances and delivered a performance for the
ages." Owens won gold in the 100- and 200-metres, the 400 relay and the long
jump. But when he returned from the Berlin Games, he struggled to provide for
his family. His job options were limited by segregation and because he decided
to return home instead of going on tour with the U.S. Olympic Team, he was
stripped of his amateur athletic status. "When they came back, the U.S. was just
as it was when he left -- segregated. Even though he came back an Olympic hero,
he wasnt offered opportunities that Olympic heroes of today are offered," said
his daughter, Marlene Owens Rankin, 74, of Chicago. "We lived well, a middle
class life. We didnt want for much. But like many black men of that era, he
struggled to provide for his family." Owens gave one of his four Olympic gold
medals to dancer and movie star Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, another supremely
talented African-American whose career was hemmed in by limited roles for black
men, Imler said. Robinson befriended Owens after the athlete return from the
Olympics. "They formed a friendship and also a professional relationship.
Bojangles helped Owens get work in the entertainment field," Imler said. "Owens
gave him this medal out of gratitude and as a token of their friendship." Owens
worked for a short time as a band leader but eventually returned to his hometown
of Cleveland where he worked for the parks department and eventually found his
way into public speaking, his daughter said. "The black community revered him
for what he had accomplished," she said. "Had it been an even playing field, my
father and Bojangles would have been super-stars." The medal comes from the
estate of Robinsons widow. The Robinson family declined to comment but Imler
said they plan to use the proceeds to pay college tuition and contribute to
charity. SCP Auctions confirmed that the medal is genuine. The whereabouts of
the other three original gold medals is unknown. "We just hope that its
purchased by an institution where the public could have access to it, a museum
or something like that," his daughter said. The auction closes on Dec. 7.
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