A sharecropper's son, Jesse Owens was born when the world was on the brink of World War I, and attained Olympic glory with the world on the brink of World War II. He made world history at the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin when Adolf Hitler was in power, winning four gold medals.
year: 2007
call number/section: 920, 921
subjects: owens, jesse, 1913-1980, african american, track and field athletes, united states, biography