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the late legendary track star jesse owens may soon have his name restored to a south-side school. blic schools removed owens' name over the summer from the jesse owens community academy in the pullman neighborhood. the owens school was merged into the samuel gompers fine arts option school as part of the c-p-s consolidation plan. owens achieved international renown in the 1936 berlin olympics, when he won four gold medals, embarassing adolph hitler. owens' family says they're pleased the local school council voted last night to restore the name. it is a lesson to the kids and the parents as to who jesse owens was. it is a lesson in what it takes to affect change. the board of education will take up the matter at its october 23 meeting. a newborn's life almost cut short by a heart attack. instead, a family gets ready to welcome home their little girl after doctors saved her life... coming up on the medical watch, and a popular restaurant serves up controversy. why some say the newest menu item is sacrilegious. with hotwire's low prices, we can afford to take more trips this year. hi
the late legendary track star jesse owens may soon have his name restored to a south-side school. blic schools removed owens' name over the summer from the jesse owens community academy in the pullman neighborhood. the owens school was merged into the samuel gompers fine arts option school as part of the c-p-s consolidation plan. owens achieved international renown in the 1936 berlin olympics, when he won four gold medals, embarassing adolph hitler. owens' family says they're pleased the local...
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a chance to sit down with one of jesse owens $3.30 three daughters. >> we were very excited.is youngest daughter says she was also nervous going into last night's vote. it all disappeared after a unanimous vote to no one's name disappeared over the summer after the close thousands of schools and made the building a part of the nearby samuel gompers fine arts auction school. albans was the african-american hero of the 1936 berlin olympics. winning four gold medals making him the most successful athlete of those games. albans daughters led the crusade to reverse the name change. the effort has been a life lesson for all. >> it is a lesson to the kids and the parents. it is a lesson in what it takes to affect change. to get people to hear you. >> the ceo released a statement after last night's vote supporting the name change. the school board has the final vote on october 23rd. if approved the name change takes effect immediately. >> your lottery drawing is right >> your lottery drawing is right after the break. there should be some way to make it easier. [ doorbell rings ] what
a chance to sit down with one of jesse owens $3.30 three daughters. >> we were very excited.is youngest daughter says she was also nervous going into last night's vote. it all disappeared after a unanimous vote to no one's name disappeared over the summer after the close thousands of schools and made the building a part of the nearby samuel gompers fine arts auction school. albans was the african-american hero of the 1936 berlin olympics. winning four gold medals making him the most...
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. >> remember the 1936 olympics where jesse owens won those medals. for the world, african-americans and repudiation of everything hitler had been espousing to have gay athletes perform and win silver, bronze medals, to even be there is important for russia as the population sort of begins to think about what they really think about lgtb rights. >> this will ultimately when we look back be a seminal moment in the global march for gay rights. what's happening in the united states is a global phenomenon. you're seeing in countries from columbia, france, britain, southeast asia, everywhere there are gay rights movements cropping up, rooted in their own country's traditions. it's a dramatic transformation and russia won't be will u.n. to it. the conflict you'll see in russia over this will then be seen by the entire world. that will continue to further these movements. the kind of thing as you talk about it, it wins. freedom marches generally marches forward when given a fair debate. >> universe is long but bends towards justice. >> if given an open conve
. >> remember the 1936 olympics where jesse owens won those medals. for the world, african-americans and repudiation of everything hitler had been espousing to have gay athletes perform and win silver, bronze medals, to even be there is important for russia as the population sort of begins to think about what they really think about lgtb rights. >> this will ultimately when we look back be a seminal moment in the global march for gay rights. what's happening in the united states is...
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. >> you know the 1936 olympics jesse owens wore nike spikes. i'm saying this because i'm talking about adidas whose shares are flat today, 84.2300. are we reaching an area where niko is on its way to overtaking adidas for football shoes. he'll be turning in his bag. the german markets, the processing plant in brazil, a steel mill in the latin american country. annette joins us. >> well, actually, you probably know about this, it's located in the same city. we should one day go there and do a little bit of a package about them. turning gears now completely. looking at thyssenkrupp shares. they're "the biggest loser." they might revamp their strategy to sell brazilian and the united states steel, that's the steel america business. ever since they started the plant to have a cme in both countries and total they have lost more than 15 billion u.s. dollars and the hopes are really high that thyssenkrupp can sell both of them from 4.5 billion to $5.5 billion. now the reports are saying according to people familiar to the matter is that they are not g
. >> you know the 1936 olympics jesse owens wore nike spikes. i'm saying this because i'm talking about adidas whose shares are flat today, 84.2300. are we reaching an area where niko is on its way to overtaking adidas for football shoes. he'll be turning in his bag. the german markets, the processing plant in brazil, a steel mill in the latin american country. annette joins us. >> well, actually, you probably know about this, it's located in the same city. we should one day go...