Jesse Owens
Subtitle: a biography
By: by Jacqueline Edmondson.
Series: Greenwood biographies
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780313339882
Subjects: Owens, Jesse, -- 1913-1980; Track and field athletes -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The strength of his feet and the courage of his lungs : beginning life in rural Alabama; title: The Owens family moves to Ohio; title: The Buckeye bullet; title: The 1936 Olympics; title: Tenuous circumstances; title: Civil unrest and the Black Freedom Movement; title: Final glory.