Olympic Gold 1936: How the Image of Jesse Owens Crushed Hitler's Evil Myth
by Michael Burgan
Jesse OwensÕ gold-medal winning feats at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin struck... read more
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- 5-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Sports
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2017
Word Count 9,657
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1080L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 187242, 2 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- History
- Documentary photography--United States--History--Juvenile literature
- Track and field athletes--United States--Biography--Pictorial works--Juvenile literature
- Owens, Jesse
- 1918-1945
- Track and field athletes
- United States
- Biography
- Berlin (Germany)
- Documentary photography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - General
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- African American track and field athletes--Biography--Pictorial works--Juvenile literature
- Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)
- African American track and field athletes
- Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980--Pictorial works--Juvenile literature
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