“When Jesse got the gold medal ... So, it’s wonderful to represent the Owens and Long family together. So it was very ...

Jesse Owens was an authentic American hero from then ... In the early 1920s, his family moved to Cleveland. When a teacher asked his name, he answered, "J.C.," which is what he was called.

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 ...

For most athletes, Jesse Owens' performance one spring afternoon ... was expected to pick 100 pounds of cotton a day. At nine his family moved to Cleveland. When a teacher asked his name, he ...