African Americans In The 1936 Olympics

The 1936 Olympics was one of the most culturally influential events in the decade, and during this gathering of natural talent one race dominated the rest, african Americans. Lead by Jesse Owens along with a plethora of others the 1936 games will go down as the biggest showcase of black talent of all time and it could not have happened at a better time. The Articles in this research paper not only give us insight on how not only America was racially divided, but the world. My first article called Black Heroes by Warren Nagueyalti, shows the relationship of African Americans and white people in America. My second article, Negotiating the “folk highway” of the nation: sports, public culture and American Identity, is written by Steven W. Pope, explains what Jesse Owens means to America. The third article, The Negro in Track Athletics, is about the dominance of African Americans in the Olympics. The last is Bombshell written by Claudia Pierpont, and gives more information about Hitler and gives a look at what the world was looking like.All these items will accumulate into an argument that informs you about not only Jesse Owens, but his world, and the world of many other African Americans athletes in the 1930s.

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The standout competitor Jesse Owens came from humble beginnings, and through him, people of the time and of future times can see the racial divide in America. Jesse Owens was a true to life representation of the American dream, and still is today. These games are not just about Jesse Owens, it was a army of successful black racers who defied the odds, and showed the world that not one race is truly more dominate over one another. Even Though the Nazi party promoted their ideals of their dominance, it was meaningless because of those hardworking mean who showed the world that we are the same. Jesse Owens and the 1936 Olympics truly Changed the