On this day in 1967, Muhammad Ali was convicted in Houston of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted.
📽️: Muhammad Ali on why he refused to be drafted into the army to go to Vietnam.
Many know Jesse Owens as the elite Olympic athlete that humiliated Hitler by dominating the 1936 Berlin Olympics, but did you know that after the Olympics, Owens had a hard time finding work?
One way he earned money was by racing a horse at events. From stadium races to half time shows, Jesse Owens raced to earn money. Almost as soon as he came back from the Olympics, he began racing to earn money. Owen's said it was degrading, but he couldn't eat four gold medals. Once a symbol of freedom and American might, he was soon a sideshow at other events.