Jesse Owens

Review of Oliver Hilmes's "Berlin 1936: Sixteen Days in August "

by Bernard von Bothmer

How did Hitler use the Berlin Olympics to fool the world in 1936?

Jesse Owens Wasn’t Alone: New Film Explores Untold Story of the 17 Other Black Olympians of 1936

The director of the documentary Olympic Pride, American Prejudice recalls the obstacles she encountered in telling the stories of these unsung athletes.

Adolf Hitler, Jesse Owens and the Olympics Myth of 1936

by Rick Shenkman

Everyone knows that at the 1936 Olympics Hitler snubbed Jesse Owens. But is it true?