“Hitler declared Aryan supremacy by decree, but Jesse Owens is proving him a liar by degrees.” Owens took his third gold medal running the 200-meter race in record time, ahead of Mack ...

BERLIN - 1936 : Jesse Owens of the USA in action in the mens 200m at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games held in Berlin, Germany. Owens won a total of four gold medals in the Olympics, winning the mens ...

Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Munich. Owens' story is one of a high-profile sports star making a statement that transcended athletics, spilling over into the world of ...

would win four gold medals to deliver the ultimate repudiation of that vision. Jesse Owens’ place among the icons of sport is indelible. The figure far less known is the Leipzig-born long jumper ...

But disgust could not prevent American runner Jesse Owens from becoming the star of the games. Owens won four gold medals in all, setting world records in the 100- and 200-meter sprints ...

Jesse Owen's house at the Olympic village ... some of those things were not as important as others." As for Owens' Olympic medals, they became a bit of a mystery as Owens' gave them away and ...

Caption J.C. 'Jesse' Owens possessed both elite speed and raw power, which he honed and blended on his way to winning four Olympic gold medals in 1936. Those impressive traits -- elite speed and ...

Jesse Owens, an American, son of slaves on a cotton ... “He had a lot of courage to fraternize with me in front of Hitler. All the medals and trophies I won could melt, and they would be ...

PHOENIX — Jesse Owens was a record-breaking athlete who gained international fame, breaking barriers in the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany. But for Gina Hemphill-Strachan, the Medal of Freedom ...

Jesse Owens' performance one spring afternoon in 1935 would be the accomplishment of a lifetime. In 45 minutes, he established three world records and tied another. Owens won four gold medals in ...

As for Owens' Olympic medals, they became a bit of a mystery ... they confiscated a letter to Jesse Owens. "Around 4000 athletes lived here, only men were accommodated, the women over 350 were ...