In the 1930s, Jesse Owens is a young man who is the first in his family to go to college. Going to Ohio State to train under its track and field coach, Larry Snyder, the young African American ...

Despite the racial slurs he endured, Jesse Owens' grace and athleticism rallied crowds across the globe. But when the four-time Olympic gold medalist returned home, he could not even ride in the ...

For most athletes, Jesse Owens ... an appetizer for Owens. In one week in the summer of 1936, on the sacred soil of the Fatherland, the master athlete humiliated the master race.

The rise of National Socialism in Germany and Hitlers antisemitic policies and advocation of the superiority of the Aryan race resulted ... political backdrop Jesse Owens haul of four gold medals ...