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Jesse Owens

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Books, Documents, etc.

An Act to Award a Congressional Medal to Mrs. Jesse Owens, and for Other Purposes.
Call Number: Public Law 100-437, 102 Stat. 1717 and online
Publication Date: 1988
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Gold medal for Jesse Owens--H.R. 1270 : gold medal for Andrew Wyeth--H.R. 593 : hearings before the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, One-hundredth Congress, sec by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage
Call Number: Federal Documents Y 4.B 22/1:100-78
Publication Date: 1988

Articles

Newspapers

Magazines

Newsweek, 1935 Jul 20 Call number Stacks Z9999 N49

Newsweek, 1936 Aug 15 Call number Z9999 N49

Time, July-Sept 1936 Call number Z 9999 T56

Web Sites

Jesse Owens (LOC)
Library of Congress (LOC) Part of the WPA, Federal Writers' Project
S.Res.226 - A resolution celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens and honoring him for his accomplishments and steadfast commitment to promoting the civil rights of all people.
Owens, Jesse [Biography]
Short record from National Archives
Photograph of President Gerald Ford and Jesse Owens during the Presentation of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the East Garden of the White House
From National Archives
Photograph of Olympian Jesse Owens
From National Archives
se Exchange of remarks between the President and Jesse Owens [Ford Speech or Statement]
From National Archives
Jesse Owens Memorial at the Jesse Owens Museum, Oakville, Alabama
Library of Congress, image of memorial
Jesse Owens breaking the record in running broadjump. Berlin Olympics, 1936
Image from Library of Congress
Jesse Owens with Ralph Metcalfe at track and field tryouts at Randall's Island Stadium in New York
Image from Library of Congress.
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Jesse Owens with Lutz Long and Naoto Tajiia(?) salute during awards ceremony for the broadjumping event at the 1936 Olympics in Germany
Image from Library of Congress
American Olympic "Flyer" in London
Library of Congress (LOC) photo: "Summary: Jesse Owens, of the U.S.A. Olympic team, signing autographs outside his London hotel. He is competing in the athletic contest between the U.S.A. Olympic team and the British Empire athletes at the White City, London tomorrow."
Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany. The Remarkable Life of Hans Massaquoi
Library of Congress
Battling Discrimination at the 1936 Olympics--An Unsent Letter
Library of Congress: "This letter from NAACP leader Walter White to Jesse Owens urges him not to participate in the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin, which was under Nazi rule, but it was never sent..."

Other Related

Africans & African-Americans in Germany
Video from Library of Congress (LOC): "A discussion on the pluralistic and multifaceted presence of Africa in Germany with visiting Fulbright Scholar, Magueye Kasse."