On this day in 1980, Jesse Owens, the man who humiliated Hitler at the Berlin Olympics by winning 4 Olympic Gold Medals, died.
Hitler hosted the Olympics, intending to be a showcase of Aryan supremacy.
Rest in Power
At the 1936 Olympics, 18 black athletes went to Berlin as part of the U.S. team. Pictured here are (left to right, rear) high jumpers
Dave Albritton and Cornelius Johnson; hurdler Tidye Pickett; sprinter Ralph Metcalfe; boxer Jim Clark; sprinter Mack Robinson.