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 ...

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 ...

Never mind that Johnson actually married Cameron later that same year. In 1936, Olympian Jesse Owens won four gold medals in Berlin. Avery Brundage, the president of both the U.S. Olympic ...

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 ...

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 ...

has earned the Jesse Owens Athlete of the Year Award. Grant Holloway receives key to Chesapeake in celebration of Olympic Gold Medal The award, given out annually by USA Track & Field (USATF), is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 in 1935 would be the accomplishment of a lifetime. In 45 minutes, he established three world records and tied another. Owens won ...