Jesse Owens was an authentic American hero from then ... He said blacks needed to "fight harder to make equality work." While whites applauded his stance, many African-Americans viewed him as ...

Sad news once again to pass on from the world of Irish folk music with the April 3 passing of Michael “Jesse” Owens. Born in Dublin in 1935, Owens ...

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 ...

Despite the racial slurs he endured, Jesse Owens' grace and athleticism rallied crowds across the globe. But when the four-time Olympic gold medalist returned home, he could not even ride in the ...

Despite the racial slurs he endured, Jesse Owens' grace and athleticism rallied crowds across the globe. But when the four-time Olympic gold medalist returned home, he could not even ride in the ...

In the 1930s, Jesse Owens is a young man who is the first in his family to go to college. Going to Ohio State to train under its track and field coach, Larry Snyder, the young African American ...

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 ...