Jesse Owens in Hitler's Germany American Experience

Premiered April 30, 2012
Jesse Owens in Hitler's Germany

Jesse Owens' victories at the 1936 Berlin Olympics were an affront to Nazi beliefs.

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American Experience

American Experience, TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

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