Jesse Owens received the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Garden of the White House on August 5, 1976. President Ford presented him with the nation’s highest civilian honor 40 years after he won four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
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