Quotes from Jesse owens:
"Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either."
The Germans proved to be very welcoming to him as a celebrity, allowing him to stay in 'white' hotels. Back in the USA the was subject to the stringent segregation of the time. He was not invited to the White House and after the New York Ticker Tape Parade in his honor, he had to ride a service elevator to his reception at the Waldorf.
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