James Owens

Career

He was born in Fairfield County, South Carolina and later moved to Florida.

Achievements

• Owens was an American track-and-field athlete, who set a world record in the running broad jump that stood for 25 years and who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. His four Olympic victories were a blow to Adolf Hitler’s intention to use the Games to demonstrate Aryan superiority.

Works

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• book

  • Blackthink : My Life as Black Man & White Man

    (Blackthink : My Life as Black Man & White Man Mass Market...)

Membership

He served as a member of the Provisional Christian Science Congress from Florida, 1861 to 1862.

Connections

Father:

Henry Cleveland Owens

Mother:

Mary Emma Fitzgerald

Spouse:

Minnie Ruth Solomon

Daughter:

Beverly Owens

Daughter:

Gloria Owens

Daughter:

Marlene Owens

Friend:

Ralph Harold Metcalfe Sr.

References

• Jesse Owens: Fastest Man Alive
• Who Was Jesse Owens?
• Time For Kids: Jesse Owens: Running into History (Time For Kids Biographies)
• Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics
• Jesse: The man who outran Hitler
• Jesse Owens (You Should Meet)