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 ...
In this Olympic Games year, there is always a look back with a nod of respect, of admiration, for not only what Jesse Owens did, but also when and how he did it. His was a golden story of the 1936 ...
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, while competing as a member of the Ohio State track team, set three world records and tied a fourth one in the span of 45 minutes at the Big Ten track meet in Ann Arbor, Mich.
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 ...
American Jesse Owens’ achievements at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin – he won four gold medals in the 100 meters, the 200m, the ...
Jesse Owens, an American, son of slaves on a cotton farm in Alabama, had already become champion in the 100 meters when on August 4, 1936, they met in front of the sandbox of the Olympic Stadium ...
(ATR) Jesse Owens struggled financially following his 1936 Olympic success, but others are cashing in on the medals he used to pay off personal and professional debts. Three of the four Owens gold ...
The 1936 Olympics in Berlin, it was a time of deep-rooted segregation. The Olympics gave Adolf Hitler an ideal showcase for Nazi propaganda as he aimed to illustrate the Games as a symbol of Aryan ...
Ryan Reynolds goes for a walk in New York City, plus Simone Biles, Lucy Liu and more. From Hollywood to New York and ...
Jesse Watters currently serves as the host of Jesse Watters Primetime (weeknights, 8 PM/ET) and co-host of cable news’ highest-rated program The Five (weekdays, 5 PM/ET) on FOX News Channel ...
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 ...