Winner of the 2024 Academy of American Poets Prize Leila A. Jackson '26 speaks about her winning piece, "Exit Wound," and ...
Jesse Owens' legendary performance at the 1936 Summer Olympics has not been recounted quite like this. "Triumph: Jesse Owens ...
Perhaps the most famous incident occurred after Jesse Owens, a track star from Alabama ... It was the first Olympic Games to ...
ANNOUNCER (in film clip): To Owens, star of the squad, go the laurels of the champion. JESSE OWENS (in film clip): The competition was grand, and we're very glad to come out on top. Thank you very ...
Almost 90 years since Black American Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, a new film tells the heartwarming story of sportsmanship, solidarity and the struggles he ...
And not only did Owens comply with the request, but he co-starred with the son of his rival-friend in the beautiful documentary Jesse Owens returns to Berlin. The story will remain the moment when ...
The International Olympic Committee commissioned filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl to document the games; the resulting film Olympia ... American athletes Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalfe in the ...
with the worldwide release of the film Race. Owens' daughter Marlene Owens-Rankin discusses her father's experience of the Olympics. One of his daughters Marlene Owens Rankin now runs the Jesse ...
The Equalizer
Finally, in 1934, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a law to found the National Archives, whose responsibilities would come to ...
In 1984, Bosley portrayed Jimmy Hoffa in the television film "The Jesse Owens Story," and began playing the recurring role of Sheriff Amos Tupper on the crime drama series "Murder, She Wrote." ...
Whether they are hosting football matches, Olympic events or music concerts, sports venues are at their best when they are ...
Queen Latifah is a game-changing artist in every sense of the word. She exploded on the scene with her bold declaration that ...