Jesse Owens
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James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete who made history at the 1936 Olympic Games by winning four gold medals, setting individual Olympic records in each event, plus ano
Owens at the 1936 Summer Olympics, where he won four Olympic gold medals
Owens competing in the long jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin
2015 photograph of the U.S. track team house at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Village
2015 photograph of Jesse Owens's room in the 1936 Olympic Village in Berlin
1936 Summer Olympics
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The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XI Olympiad and branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the r
Jesse Owens
…4, 1935, NAACP Secretary Walter Francis White wrote a letter to Owens, but never sent it. He was trying to dissuade Owens from taking part in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany, arguing that an African American should not promote a racist regime after what his race had suffered at the hands of racists in his…
A "Jews not welcome" sign of the kind removed for the Games
Nude statues installed in Berlin's streets
Berlin decked out with German flags during the Games
The Olympic Bell, inscribed Ich rufe die Jugend der Welt