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<p><P>In 1936, America was years away from war with Nazi Germany. But long before the first battle of World War II, a starter's gun fired the first shot in our battle against the Nazis.<P>Adolf Hitler viewed the 1936 Berlin Olympics as a chance to show the superiority of the German race over the rest of the world. He never expected that an American, let alone a black American, would dash his dreams.<P>Jesse Owens grew up during an age when segregation laws forced him to eat at separate restaurants and stay at different hotels. But Jesse never let it slow him down while setting world records and winning a spot on the U.S. Olympic team. Once in Berlin, the triumph of Jesse's will helped him run through any barrier, winning not only Olympic gold, but countless fans.</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p><P>Weatherford (<I>Moses</I>) addresses her poetic tribute to Jesse Owens's remarkable performance at the 1936 Berlin Olympics to the athlete himself: Go from cotton fields to city sidewalks,/ from sickly child to keen competitor,/ from second-class citizen to first-place finish./ Go, Jesse, go. Trounce Jim Crow./ Run as fast as your feet can fly,/ as far as your dreams will reach. This allo

Author

Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrations by Eric Velasquez

Publisher

New York: Walker & Co.: Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Pub.

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780802795519

Subjects

Anthropology, Literary Fiction, Memoir

Rating

4.1 / 5 (65 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14