Jesse Owens, born in Oakville, Alabama, in 1913, was a track and field athlete who became a global icon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. As an African American comp ...

It was 60 years ago that the one of the most celebrated athletes ever was briefly employed as the team’s “special running ...

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 ...

He opened the Jesse Owens Dry Cleaning Company with a big sign ... “The world has changed for the Alabama-born speedster who had started picking cotton at 6 to help out at home,” United ...

Jesse Owens won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics ... Owens was born in 1913 in a small town in Alabama. He died March 31, 1980.

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 ...