Thirteen years later, during filming for Jesse Owens returns to Berlin, he and Long Jnr met one final time back at the stadium, recreating the fabled lawn picture for posterity. Each year ...

The rise of National Socialism in Germany and Hitlers antisemitic policies and advocation of the superiority of the Aryan race resulted in several calls for a boycott of the games Against this ...

In this Olympic Games year, there is always a look back with a nod of respect, of admiration, for not only what Jesse ... Berlin Olympics, German Chancellor Adolph Hitler refused to congratulate ...

Track Coach Ralph Metcalfe and Olympic Star Jesse Owens at the at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin: Text attached to photograph reads: "Owens in his first victory. Berlin... Jesse Owens, of Ohio State ...

but he co-starred with the son of his rival-friend in the beautiful documentary Jesse Owens returns to Berlin. The story will remain the moment when it was decided to name one of the avenues near ...

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 ...

For most athletes, Jesse ... race. Owens' story is one of a high-profile sports star making a statement that transcended athletics, spilling over into the world of global politics. Berlin, on ...

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 ...

In the 1930s, Jesse Owens is ... Reich to avert a boycott, Owens has his own moral struggle about going. Upon resolving that issue, Owens and his coach travel to Berlin to participate in a ...

In an attempt to signal Germany's return to the world community after ... were benched and replaced by African American athletes Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalfe in the 400-meter relay.

Jesse Owens ... in Munich. Owens' story is one of a high-profile sports star making a statement that transcended athletics, spilling over into the world of global politics. Berlin, on the verge ...