Since Owens worked in a very shoe shop once college, poet allowed him to observe before college instead. Owens and Minnie Ruth king (1915-2001) met at Fairmount junior high school college in Cleveland once he was fifteen …show more content…
He had to struggle to fit in, he had to prove to society that he belonged with those athletes all throughout high school and and into college. Living in that lifetime would’ve been hard for all non-white races. I think that if Jesse Owens wouldn't have been one of the students who didn't fight for that right to compete, then he wouldn't have set the stage for Jackie Robinson and Willie Mays later on the years. People who fight for believe in even when it's frowned upon and the true heroes. They are willing to change the landscape and pave the way for the future. That is exactly what Jesse did in his high school, college, and Olympic