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 ... it: Owens 4, Hitler 0. A remarkably even-keeled and magnanimous human being, Owens never rubbed it in. Just as sure as he knew fascism was evil, he also knew his ...
The photograph depicts Jesse Owens in Cleveland on August 25, 1936, following his triumph at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Jesse Owens (1913-1980) was an all-time-great track athlete, and the star of the ...