Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics

Jesse Owens took part in the 1936 Olympic Games, but the Olympic Games were a sound event, winning in other countries. In 1936, Adolf Hitler and Nazis held the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. It is difficult for an American athlete to decide whether to travel to Berlin and participate in the Nazi Olympics. The Berlin Olympics is a personal matter of the US team including Jesse Owens. Due to the view expressed by the Nazis, he was not sure if he should join the team.

Apart from Jesse Owens, no one meets this explanation. In the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Adolf Hitler wanted to show the Aryan race superiority in athletics through his white athlete. Instead, Owens will rule. Hitler and his budding Nazis looked helpless from the stand - because they showed the so-called Masters of African Americans and Hitler in the world by completely turning over the script, he won four gold medals and recorded the Olympic record created. equality.

At the Berlin Olympics in 1936, Hitler planned to show the world that Aryans are the dominant race, proved that he was wrong and became the most successful athletes in the 1936 Olympics. Owens also became the first American to win four gold medals at one event (100 meters, 200 meters, 4 x 100 meters relay, long jump). Jesse Owens (USA) - Athletics - Berlin 1936

1936 - August 3 - Jesse Owens from Lawrence County won the first gold medal in the German Berlin Olympics in 1936. Owens continued to win four gold medals in Berlin, but since he was a black man, German leader Adolf Hitler left the star player. Today, visitors can learn more about Owens at the Jesse Owens Memorial Park and Museum in Oakville, Alabama. 1940 - State population = 2,832,961 people: 1940 census - Caucasian population = 1,849,097 people; African American population = 983,290 people; rural population = 1,977,020 people; cotton production amount 772,711 people; corn yield bushel = 31, 028, 109 Number of people = 2,052