Successes and Failures

"We all have dreams.  In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self discipline and effort."
    -Jesse Owens

Immediate Impact

• He was treated like a hero in Berlin, Germany.
• After he left Germany, he was treated very badly by his own people (as any other African American was).
• His own president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, didn't even shake his hand after his amazing accomplishments.