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5 days ago · The track-and-field competition starred American Jesse Owens, who won three individual gold medals and a fourth as a member of the triumphant U.S. 4 × 100-meter relay team. Altogether Owens and his teammates won 12 men’s track-and-field gold medals; the success of Owens and the other African American athletes, referred to as “black ...
1 day ago · 1. ‹ 1984 · 1992 ›. The 1988 Democratic National Convention was held at The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia, from July 18 to 21, 1988, to select candidates for the 1988 presidential election. At the convention Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts was nominated for president and Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas for vice president.
2 days ago · In the 1970s, Jesse Jackson spoke out against abortion as a form of black genocide. After the January 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision made abortion legal in the US, Jet magazine publisher Robert E. Johnson authored an article titled "Legal Abortion: Is It Genocide Or Blessing In Disguise?"
1 day ago · Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images. The Philadelphia 76ers had an epic offseason, adding Paul George, Caleb Martin, Eric Gordon, Andre Drummond and Reggie Jackson in free agency, Jared ...
3 hours ago · By RICH ROVITO. Updated 7:39 PM PDT, July 29, 2024. MILWAUKEE (AP) — Willy Adames hit a three-run homer in the sixth and rookie Jackson Chourio added a two-run shot in the eighth to lift the Milwaukee Brewers past the Atlanta Braves 8-3 on Monday night. Adames’ 416-foot home run, his 17th of the season, came off reliever Jesse Chavez (1-2 ...
3 days ago · Michael Jackson got his start in a group called the Jackson 5. After signing with Motown Records in 1969, the Jackson brothers produced such hits as “ABC” and “I Want You Back.” Michael Jackson’s first solo album, Off the Wall, was released in 1979 and contained the massive hit “Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough” and others.
1 day ago · Benton County Commissioners Xan Augerot, Nancy Wyse, and Pat Malone, along with County Administrator Rachel McEneny and Interim Natural Area Parks and Events Director Jesse Ott, visited the Jackson-Frazier Wetland Boardwalk in Corvallis. They were joined on July 24 by Molly McCarthy and Sophia Roberts, staff for Oregon State Senators Ron Wyden ...
