Describes the life of track-and-field athlete Jesse Owens, from his childhood in Alabama and his family's move to Cleveland to his athletic career which culminated in his winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany.

Presents the life and accomplishments of Jesse Owens, an African American track star who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany, and dashed Hitler's hopes for an Aryan domination of the Games.

"The last thing Adolf Hitler expected to see in Nazi Germany was a black man winning a gold medal. But Jesse Owens didn't just win at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He dominated the track and field events, winning four gold medasl and setting several world records. With action-packed illustrations, now you can watch one of the greatest moments in sports history as Owens proves that people of any race can compete and win at the Olympic games." -- publisher's...

Jesse Owens' quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history launches him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.

"Discover the astonishing, inspirational, and largely unknown true story of the eighteen African American athletes who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, defying the racism of both Nazi Germany and the Jim Crow South." -- Publisher annotation. Sixteen black men and two black women were torn between boycotting the 1936 Olympic Games in Nazi Germany or participating. If they go, they would represent a country that considered them second-class...

After he accidentally injures a teammate during relay race practice, thirteen-year-old Nate and his cousin Rachel travel back in time to meet Jesse Owens, and get a chance to see him run in the 1936 Olympics--and almost lose the Sports Illustrated magazine that is their ticket back to the present.