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THE BLACK ATHLETE

[[image - black & white photograph of Jesse Owens talking to Bill Stien]]
[[caption]]Mr. Owens Greets Bill Stien, President of Hotline, Inc.[[/caption]]

[[image - black & white photograph of Jesse Owens in track running position]]
[[caption]]Jesse Owens, displaying the famous Owen's Kick which was good enough to win four Gold Medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany.[[/caption]]

The Black Athlete is a 38 minute (sound) film which realistically portrays the history of the Black Athlete in sports in the United States since 1936.

Produced, written and directed by Bud Greenspan and narrated by Jess Owens whose exploits on the cinder path at the 1936 Olympics is legendary; the film was sponsored by a grant given by William Teacher and Sons, Ltd. of Glasgow, Scotland.

Being scheduled to be shown to community groups, colleges, clubs, etc. by former Olympiad and Vice President Herbert Douglas of Schieffelin and Company, distributor of Teachers Scotch here in the United States, the film is not meant to be a message film. It is an attempt to factually spell out and illustrate how the face of sport in the United States was changed for all time by the presence and performance of the Black Athlete.

Pictures shown on these two pages were taken at the premiere showing of the film before a distinguished audience of former Olympiads, professional and college athletes, community leaders, civic, fraternal, political and governmental persons in the Library Museum of Performing Arts at Lincoln Center in New York, April 13, 1971.