An Olympic gold medal won by Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Games has sold for a record $1.4 million in an online auction. SCP Auctions said Pittsburgh Penguins co-owner Ron Burkle paid $1,466,574, ...
When the United States won gold in the 400-meter relay at the Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens punctuated his history-setting tear in the heart of Nazi-filled Germany. Over a week of competition, Owens ...
Jesse Owens – who set four world records in a college meet with Ohio State in 1935 – was a celebrity heading into the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Yet Owens faced racism at home and bigotry abroad ...
Alabama-born and Ohio-raised, Jesse Owens (1913–1980) became one of the greatest track and field athletes in history. At the ...