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But that was merely 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. Jesse Owens won four gold medals ...

Berlin's Olympic stadium is best remembered for African American Jesse Owens four golds in 1936, amidst Nazi propaganda promoting "Aryan racial superiority". They've even named a road after him in ...

The first project bears the working title Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics, which follows the story of the Black track and field athlete who made history at the 1936 Summer Olympic Gam ...

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 ...

For most athletes, Jesse Owens' performance one spring afternoon ... In one week in the summer of 1936, on the sacred soil of the Fatherland, the master athlete humiliated the master race.