page_title: Lists of African Americans
section_title: Track and Field
hierarchical_section_title: Lists of African Americans / Sports / Track and Field
caption_attribution_description: Photo of Jesse Owens in 1936.
context_page_description: This is a list of African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans. African Americans an ethnic group and citizens of the United States who have full or partial ancestry of any black racial groups of Africa; Black and African Americans form the third largest racial and ethnic group in the United States, behind White Americans and Hispanic and Latino Americans. African Americans are descendants of enslaved black people who are from the United States.
  To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and/or references showing the person is African-American.
caption: Jesse Owens
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