About American Experience Season 24, Episode 7 : Jesse Owens

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. Guest Stars: Jesse Owens, Hilmar Dressler, Jeremy Schaap, Professor Margaret MacMillan, Theodor Michael, William Rhoden, Harry Edwards, Volker Kluge, Guy Walters, Rainer Rother, Iris Cummings Critchell, David Wallechinsky, Louis Zamperini, William J. Baker, Susan Ware, Rafael Medoff, Marlene Owens Rankin, Beverly Owens Prather, David Clay Large, Louis Stokes, Andre Braugher,