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 ...

Jesse Owens Park will be getting a competition running track for use by Lawrence County Schools after a vote Monday by the school board to approve an operations ...

The photograph depicts Jesse Owens in Cleveland on August 25, 1936, following his triumph at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Jesse Owens (1913-1980) was an all-time-great track athlete, and the star of the ...

The 1936 Olympics in Berlin, it was a time of deep-rooted segregation. The Olympics gave Adolf Hitler an ideal showcase for Nazi propaganda as he aimed to illustrate the Games as a symbol of Aryan ...

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 ...