Jesse Owens was an authentic American hero from then ... he also knew his country had a ways to go too in improving life for African-Americans. "When I came back to my native country, after ...

He was fast, n his day the fastest in the world. A Cleveland man who could outrun the wind, or so it seemed. In this Olympic Games year, there is always a look back with a nod of respect, of ...

Never mind that Johnson actually married Cameron later that same year. In 1936, Olympian Jesse Owens won four gold medals in Berlin. Avery Brundage, the president of both the U.S. Olympic ...

In the 1930s, Jesse Owens is a young man who is the first in ... However, as Owens struggles both with the obligations of his life and the virulent racism against him, the question of whether ...

Jesse Owens was a record-breaking athlete who gained international fame, breaking barriers in the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany. Owens spent his final years in the Valley. In fact, one of his final ...

For most athletes, Jesse Owens' performance one spring afternoon ... he also knew his country had a ways to go too in improving life for African-Americans. "When I came back to my native country ...