Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Munich. Owens' story is one of a high-profile sports star making a statement that transcended athletics, spilling over into the world of ...

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 ...

Later, a second Olympic controversy arose when Jewish American athletes Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller were benched and replaced by African American athletes Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalfe in the ...

Jesse Owen's house at the Olympic village, Sports Hall The old running track still remains at the Olympic village, where Owens would have ... caused international protest and caused the athletes ...

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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 ...

Jesse Owens was one the biggest Olympic heroes of all time. When he took four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics in Germany, it put the lie to Hitler’s claims of Aryan superiority. After his ...

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 ...