Olympic medalist Jesse Owens spent his final years in the Valley. One of his final forms of advocacy, the Jesse Owens Clinic, still stands in South Phoenix.

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 ...

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 ...

He replied "J.C." She heard "Jesse," and that became his name. Jesse Owens won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics. In high school, Jesse Owens became a track star, tying the world record in the ...

The 1936 Berlin Olympics was the start of a long-lasting bond between the families of American track and field legend Jesse ...