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1) Jesse Owens
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Most of the time sports are seen as the height of competition, but often they also bring people together in times of cultural, social, and political upheaval. Jesse Owens explores the way the Olympic track athlete served to bring Americans (and citizens around the world) together against a common enemy. Includes ties to 21st Century themes, as well as infographics, timelines, glossary, and index. Most of the time sports are seen as the height of competition,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
As a boy, Andrew Young learned a vital lesson from his parents when a local chapter of the Nazi party instigated racial unrest in their hometown of New Orleans in the 1930s. While Hitler's teachings promoted White supremacy, Andrew's father, told him that when dealing with the sickness of racism, "Don't get mad, get smart." To drive home this idea, Andrew Young Senior took his family to the local movie house to see a newsreel of track star Jesse Owens...
3) Jesse Owens
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
x, 388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"Discover the astonishing, inspirational, and largely unknown true story of the eighteen African American athletes who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, defying the racism of both Nazi Germany and the Jim Crow South." -- Publisher annotation.
Sixteen black men and two black women were torn between boycotting the 1936 Olympic Games in Nazi Germany or participating. If they go, they would represent a country that considered them second-class...
8) Race
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jesse Owens's quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history launches him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
xv, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
At the 1936 Olympics, against a backdrop of swastikas and goose-stepping storm troopers, an African-American son of sharecroppers won a staggering four gold medals and single-handedly demonstrated that Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy was a lie. The story of Jesse Owens at the Berlin games is that of an athletic performance that transcends sports. It is also the intimate and complex tale of one remarkable man's courage. Drawing on unprecedented access...
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Revised edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of the sharecroppers' son who became an Olympic legend, and challenged Hitler's dream of Aryan superiority.
12) Jesse Owens
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
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Description
Jesse Owens is one of the most famous athletes of all time, but he experienced discrimination throughout his athletic career, such as having to stay at a different hotel to his teammates, because of the color of his skin. However, he went on to win an incredible four gold medals at the Berlin 1936 Olympic Games. This biography, ideal for kids aged 8-11, charts the major events of Jesse's life; from his childhood growing up on a farm in Alabama before...
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Revised edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
590L
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 x 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A simple biography about Jesse Owens for early readers"--Provided by publisher.
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