His was a golden story of the 1936 Olympics in Germany. Jesse Owens won four gold medals in track, all of this a year after breaking three track world records and tying a fourth in the Big Ten ...

Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Munich ... "When I came back to my native country, after all the stories about Hitler, I couldn't ride in the front of the bus," Owens ...

United States Olympic Committee head Avery Brundage initially supported the boycott, but changed his mind after a Nazi-led ... by African American athletes Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalfe in ...

After the first two jumps of the elimination ... record of four golds in the same tournament. Luz Long and Jesse Owens 1936 Berlin Olympics On August 4th, in addition, a powerful friendship ...

The most famous athlete of his time, his stunning triumph at the 1936 Olympic Games captivated the world even as it infuriated the Nazis. Despite the racial slurs he endured, Jesse Owens' grace ...

The photograph depicts Jesse Owens in Cleveland on August 25, 1936, following his triumph at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Jesse Owens (1913-1980 ... a common thread throughout the rest of his life. After ...

Track Coach Ralph Metcalfe and Olympic Star Jesse Owens at the at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin: Text attached to photograph reads: "Owens in his first victory. Berlin... Jesse Owens, of Ohio State ...

Berlin's Olympic stadium is best remembered for African American Jesse Owens four golds in 1936, amidst Nazi propaganda promoting "Aryan racial superiority". They've even named a road after him in ...

For most athletes, Jesse Owens' performance one ... he established three world records and tied another. Owens won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics. But that was merely an appetizer for ...