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

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 ...