|
Jesse Owens Fastest Man Alive
by Carole Boston Weatherford
illustrations by Eric Velasquez
Jesse Owens grew up during the time of Jim Crow laws, but segregation never slowed him down.
After setting world records for track in high school and college, he won a slot on the 1936 U.S. Olympic team. That year, the Olympics were in Berlin, then controlled by the Nazis, and Hitler was certain they would be a chance to prove to the world that Aryans were superior to all other races. But the triumph of Jesse’s will helped him run through any barrier, winning four gold medals and the hearts of millions, setting two world records, and proving the Nazi dictator unmistakably wrong.
|
