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Blackthink: My Life As Black Man and White Man

1970

United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A copy of the book, Blackthink: My Life As Black Man and White Man, written by Jessie Owens with Paul G. Neimark. The cover is black background with white text of the title and the authors. The interior consist of 215 pages. The back cover features a black and white photograph of Jesse Owens at the starting mark in a crouched position. White text under the photograph reads: [Jesse Owens in 1935].

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Catalog reference: 2016.66.5

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