Prejudice ‘follows us to the grave’: The segregated past of Chicago cemeteries Mayor Harold Washington is buried in a cemetery that was once for “whites only.” ...

Michael “Jesse” Owens (1935–2025) was a beloved Irish ballad singer, guitarist, humorist, and storyteller whose career spanned over six decades. Born Michael Francis Owens in Dublin, he was ...

Jesse Owens was a record-breaking athlete who gained international fame, breaking barriers in the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany. Owens spent his final years in the Valley. In fact, one of his ...

Almost 90 years since Black American Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, a new film tells the heartwarming story of sportsmanship, solidarity and the struggles he ...

Jesse Owens' four-gold-medal performance in 1936 in Berlin was iconic. For him to do what he did at that time, in that country, on that world stage, has rightly stood the test of time.

Jesse Owens won four Olympic golds — then was paid to campaign against FDR After breaking records at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Owens was paid handsomely to stump for Roosevelt’s opponent.

As Jesse Owens soared over the eight-metre mark to secure gold at the 1936 Games, Long - his biggest rival - leapt into the sandpit in Berlin to hug and congratulate him.

Owens and Long, both born in 1913, were at the peak of their athletic powers when they locked horns in Berlin. But that is where the similarities ended; their beginnings and journeys to the Games ...

Jesse Owens’ place among the icons of sport is indelible. The figure far less known is the Leipzig-born long jumper whom he befriended under the Fuhrer’s gaze: Luz Long.

Jesse Owens' grandson said his track-legend grandfather's successes at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany were a 'thumb in the eye' to Adolf Hitler on Thursday.