I am so bored with discussions about human triumph from the perspective on race.
You know, the Germans actually won the most medals at the 36 Olympics.
I once saw a short film of Owens where he said that Hitler was nice to him. Just because the Nazis were evil does not mean that every story about them is true.
I read a book on him. Great fellow, actually passed away from lung cancer. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0912.html
There are other heroic stories from those Olympics, Harry Hill is a favorite, bronze medal in cycling. Cycled to London for departure and cycled back to his hometown from London upon returning. Those were different times.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Hill_(cyclist)
Rode around Nazi Berlin getting ready for his events.
Of course, Jesse deserves to be honored and Harry too.