FDR+snubbed+me

=FDR Snubbed Me﻿﻿= Owens said, "Hitler didn't snub me—it was FDR who snubbed me. The president didn't even send me a telegram." Jesse Owens was never invited to the White House or bestowed honors by presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt or his successor Harry S. Truman during their terms. In 1955, President Dwight D Eisenhower honored Owens by naming him an "Ambassador of Sports."