This is the guy who showed the master race they were the minor race. Jesse Owens was an authentic American hero from then on," says Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist Jim Murray on ESPN Classic's ...
Despite the racial slurs he endured, Jesse Owens' grace and athleticism rallied crowds across the globe. But when the four-time Olympic gold medalist returned home, he could not even ride in the ...
Jesse Owens was one the biggest Olympic heroes of all time. When he took four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics in Germany, it put the lie to Hitler’s claims of Aryan superiority. After his ...
The 1936 Berlin Olympics was the start of a long-lasting bond between the families of American track and field legend Jesse ...
In the 1930s, Jesse Owens is a young man who is the first in his family to go to college. Going to Ohio State to train under its track and field coach, Larry Snyder, the young African American ...
For most athletes, Jesse Owens' performance one spring afternoon in 1935 would be the accomplishment of a lifetime. In 45 minutes, he established three world records and tied another. Owens won ...