the untold story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics
Schaap, Jeremy
2008
Presents a comprehensive analysis of the 1936 Olympic games hosted by Germany, America's threat to boycott the games, and the four Olympic gold medals won by African-American athlete Jesse Owens, whose performance crushed Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy.
Presents a comprehensive biography African-American athlete Jesse Owens, who won four Olympic gold medals for track and field in the 1936 Berlin games; and chronicles his impoverished childhood and triumph over adversity to become an American icon.
Chronicles the life of Olympic athlete Jesse Owens, discussing his childhood, schooling, love of running, world-record speeds, Olympic victories, influence on the African-American community, and other related topics.
Izumi, Nakatsu and Misuzki are hired to work at a beach chalet run by Dr. Umeda's family, but when Kagurasaka shows up with his two sisters in tow, things get complicated.
A biography of the young woman who excelled at both basketball and track at the University of North Carolina, but has focused on running and long jump events since 1997.
Two twelve-year-old boys, one black and one white, train for and compete in the 400 meter race, but find it hard to become friends because of racial differences and their fathers' past relationship.
Beginning with the friendship Owens developed with his German rival in the 1936 summer Olympics, this book jumps back in time to describe Owens' impoverished childhood and his family's move north from Alabama to Ohio, followed by personal and career highlights. Numerous black-and-white photos accompany the text.
Presents volume six in a seventeen-volume series on how to prevent, diagnose, and treat sports injuries and focuses specifically in the area of field events such as the javelin, shot put, discus, high and long jumps, pole vault, and triple jump.
