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 ...

The horse is needed to race against Jesse Owens, Olympic Champion.” Owens achieved international fame at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, by winning four gold medals: 100 meters ...

The rise of National Socialism in Germany and Hitlers antisemitic policies and advocation of the superiority of the Aryan race resulted ... political backdrop Jesse Owens haul of four gold medals ...

For most athletes, Jesse Owens ... 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.