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African American track and field athletes African American track and field athletes Biography Juvenile literature African Americans Biography African Americans Biography Juvenile literature Owens, Jesse 1913-1980 Owens, Jesse 1913-1980 Juvenile literature Rudolph, Wilma 1940-1994 Track and field athletes Track and field athletes United States Biography Juvenile literature Women BiographyBurgan, Michael
Summary: Discusses the life of the famous African American track and field star who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Blk Hist Sport BurganBuckley, James
Summary: Describes the life of the sharecroppers' son who became an Olympic legend and challenged Hitler's dream of Aryan superiority.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 OWECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET OWENSLowe, Chaunte
Summary: " World champion high jumper Chaunte Lowe pens the captivating story of her journey from an impoverished childhood full of big dreams and devastating hurdles, to becoming a bronze medal-winning US Olympian. Everything seemed set against Chaunte Lowe. Growing up with a single mother in Paso Robles, California, where she experienced food insecurity, homelessness, and domestic abuse, Chaunte...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LOWHoena, B. A.
Summary: "Jesse Owens smashed records throughout his track and field career. In 1936, he made history at the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. Owens won four gold medals, combating Adolf Hitler's message of Nazi superiority." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 OWECarlos, John Wesley.
Summary: "Seen around the world, John Carlos and Tommie Smith's Black Power salute on the 1968 Olympic podium sparked controversy and career fallout. Yet their show of defiance remains one of the most iconic images of Olympic history and the Black Power movement.Here is the remarkable story of one of the men behind the salute, lifelong activist John Carlos"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Haymarket Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CARLOS, JOHN ZIRCalkhoven, Laurie
Summary: Meet Jesse Owens, an African American runner who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin! What made his achievement even more memorable was that Adolph Hitler expected the Olympic Games to be a German showcase. In fact, he criticized the United States for even including black athletes on its Olympic roster. According to many reports, after Owens won his fourth gold medal, Hitler...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Sports CalkhovenAdler, David A.
Summary: Mo Jackson and his friends practice passing the baton ahead of their track meet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE ADLClinton, Chelsea
Summary: Profiles the lives of thirteen American women who have left their mark on U.S. history, including Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Margaret Chase Smith, and Oprah Winfrey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J920 CLISummary: Presents the life and accomplishments of Jesse Owens, an African American track star who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany, and dashed Hitler's hopes for an Aryan domination of the Games.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB OWENS ISRSmith, Tommie
Summary: "A groundbreaking and timely graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports-and a tribute to his fight for civil rights. On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 SMICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA B SMIKrull, Kathleen
Summary: A biography of Wilma Rudolph, an African-American who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track during a single Olympics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace & Company 1996