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 ...

Adolf Hitler arrived too late to see Jesse Owens blazing down the track in ... a joy to behold,” and “one of the most amazing achievements in the ancient art of foot racing,” the New York ...

She says with time her father came to realise the magnitude of his achievements: For a time at least I was the most famous person in the entire world Jesse Owens "He loved what he did in the 1936 ...

In 1936, Olympian Jesse Owens won four gold medals in Berlin ... The court expressly referred to outstanding Black achievements “in the arts and sciences, as well as in the business and ...

BERLIN - 1936 : Jesse Owens of the USA in action in the ... committees" and talked to William Baker, who wrote a biography of Owens. "It wasn’t until the first gold medal sold," Albert DeVito ...

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 ...

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 ...