Jesse Owens

Name: Jesse Owens
Director: Laurens Grant
Released: 2012-05-01
Duration: 55 min
Cast: Andre Braugher, Jesse Owens, Hilmar Dressler, Jeremy Schaap, Professor Margaret MacMillan

S24 E7 May 1, 2012 0h 55m

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Overview

Despite Jesse Owens' remarkable victories in the face of Nazi racism at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the athlete struggled to find a place for himself in a United States that was still wrestling to overcome its own deeply entrenched bias.