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DVD

Jesse Owens

Call Number

  • DVD 921 O972J (EAS)

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Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Narrated by Andre Braugher.

Publication Information

[Boston] : WGBH Educational Foundation : PBS Distribution, c2012.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Despite Jesse Owens's remarkable victories in the face of Nazi racism at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the athlete struggled to find a place for himself in a United States that was still wrestling to overcome its own deeply entrenched bias.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally broadcast on PBS as an episode of American experience in 2012.

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