Jesse Owens won a battle against the German. Owens is about to run in his events in Germany. The text states, “With his victories in track and field, Owens had proved the Nazi dictator's racist theories wrong, and in doing so, had become not only an Olympic gold medal winner but an American hero,” ( Haire). War World 2 was going on and Germany was hosting the Olympics. Many people felt that Owens could beat Germany but more important Hilter. Owens knew that Hitler was a bad man and was doing a lot of hate towards Jews and towards America. He felt if he could bring gold medals for America. That would be a victory for him and for the U.S.A. too. The article gave use some numbers and how Owens did in his races. The text says, “ It was, in
