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In 1936, Adolf Hitler attempted to make the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, a showcase of Nazi superiority with a new stadium and the first television broadcast of the Games. He didn't account for African American sprinter and long jumper James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens, who smashed records throughout his track and field career.

Jesse Owens’ mother frequently told him, “Put your best foot forward.” So Jesse followed her advice, worked hard, and made his dreams come true as one of the greatest Olympic champions of all time. But it wasn’t easy, as Jesse had to overcome many obstacles. Even though World War II hadn’t started yet, Adolf Hitler controlled Germany during the 1936 Olympics. He wanted to prove during the games that Germans were a superior “race” to other people of the world. Little did he know that a black American would smash those claims.

James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete who made history at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, by winning four gold medals. He was the most successful athlete at the Games and, as a black American man, was credited with single-handedly crushing Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy. Owens remains as one of the greatest athletes in track and field history. The following audio clips include an interview with Owens by German radio just before competition at the Olympics, and three separate takes of an interview with American media shortly after the games.

Jesse Owens’ gold-medal winning feats at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin struck a mighty propaganda blow against Adolf Hitler. The Nazi leader had planned to use the German games as a showcase of supposed Aryan superiority. Instead, there was American, Black athlete Owens on the podium being photographed by Hitler’s personal photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann.

Jesse Owens: The Triumph of an American Hero Jesse Owens, born James Cleveland Owens on September 12, 1913, in Oakville, Alabama, would go on to become one of the most iconic athletes in American history. His life story is a testament to perseverance, talent, and the power of sports to transcend social and political boundaries. Born into a family of sharecroppers, Owens was the youngest of ten children. His early years were marked by poverty and the harsh realities of racial segregation in the American South. When Owens was nine years old, his family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, as part of the ...

Just in time for the Summer Olympics, this 33rd book in the New York Times bestselling biography series for ages 5 to 9 features one of the greatest runners in track and field history. Before Jesse Owens was an Olympic gold medalist, he was a poor kid in a big family. When his speed caught the...

È il 22 luglio 1945. Siamo in Nord Dakota, ed è in corso una partita di baseball. Il pubblico è composto da bianchi. Nell'intervallo un corridore di colore sfida prima i più veloci tra i giocatori delle due squadre, poi addirittura un cavallo da corsa. Fa caldo, ma Jesse, trentatrè anni e un fisico invidiabile, sembra pronto a ripetere il solito spettacolo: l'uomo che corre più veloce del cavallo.

Quattro medaglie d'oro sono quattro medaglie d'oro. Ma quattro medaglie d'oro vinte da un nero dell'Alabama in faccia a Hitler sono un'altra cosa. Il granello che inceppa la macchina di quelle celebrazioni del nazional-socialismo che furono i giochi di Berlino del '36. Lui. James Cleveland Owens, detto Jesse. Il figlio del vento e di un povero agricoltore emigrato in Ohio per provare a sfamare lui e i suoi nove fratelli.

At the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, track and field star Jesse Owens ran himself straight into international glory by winning four gold medals. But the life of Jesse Owens is much more than a sports story. Born in rural Alabama under the oppressive Jim Crow laws, Owens's family suffered many...

2 Army veterans with selective hearing talking a little bit about everything. jesse.owenpodcast@yahoo.com

Our Long-Expected Gift is a Christmas devotional inspired by the Jesse Tree tradition. Each of the 25 days in December unfolds a beloved story from the Old Testament, retold in lyrical poem form. Every story gently points forward to the birth of Jesus, reminding us that His arrival was not an afterthought, but part of God’s perfect plan from the very beginning.

Hear the voices of Olympic Track Greats, including Jesse Owens, winner of 4 Gold Medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics; Josy Barthel, a Luxembougish runner who won the men's 1500 meters at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics; and Roger Bannister, an English athlete best known for breaking the four-minute mile.