Jesse Owens’ place among the icons of sport is ... His attitude was that he had to protect his family. He needed to be a member of the SA because he could not achieve his dream of being a ...

Jesse Owens was an authentic American hero from ... expected to pick 100 pounds of cotton a day. In the early 1920s, his family moved to Cleveland. When a teacher asked his name, he answered ...

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 ...

For most athletes, Jesse Owens' performance one spring afternoon ... was expected to pick 100 pounds of cotton a day. At nine his family moved to Cleveland. When a teacher asked his name, he ...