Jesse Owens American Experience : Season 24 Episode 7
Not Rated PBS 3h 43m int(0)
Aired: May 1st, 2012 @ 9:00 PM EST on PBS
Despite Jesse Owens' remarkable victories in the face of Nazi racism at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the athlete struggled to find a place for himself in a United States that was still wrestling to overcome its own deeply entrenched bias.