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Triumph : The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics Drinkware With buoyant rhymes and brilliantlyAt the 1936 Olympics, against a backdrop of swastikas and goose stepping storm troopers, an African American son of sharecroppers won a staggering four gold medals, single handedly falsifying Hitlers myth of Aryan supremacy. The story of Jesse Owens at the Berlin games is that of an athletic performance that transcends sports. It is also the intimate and complex tale of one remarkable mans courage. Drawing on unprecedented access to the Owens family,