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5) Jesse Owens
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
A biography of the track and field star who won three gold medals in the 1936 Summer Olympic Games.
7) Jesse Owens
Author
Series
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
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.
Series
Publisher
Collins
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
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.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"A groundbreaking and timely graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports-and a tribute to his fight for civil rights. On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans....
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