Back then Nazi Germany wasn't the epitome of evil it is today. Yes, it was bad, a dictatorship, but one of the many, still no war, no Holocaust. The title of evil of all evils was given to USSR
Fun fact: During the Olympics, Jesse Owens ran in a pair of shoes made by the German brothers Adi and Rudolph Dassler, then working together under their company name Gebrüder Dassler, who later went on to each found adidas and Puma.
@Doug Parker funnily his name was adolf dassler but after the war was lost, obviously they had to rebrand and Adolf had a negative association so the name Adidas was born.
@@Cardah The company adidas was founded by Adi Dassler in 1949. He and his brother had their company Gebrüder Dassler before, where they were forced by the Nazis to make equipment and weapons for them during wartime which both of them despised doing. However, they had a falling out after the war which led Adi to found adidas and his brother, Rudolf, founded Puma.
Lolol Hitler actually treated him better than the US did. Hitler personally congratulated him on his win. When Owen's got back home he had to use the servants entrance to attend his own ceremony at a hotel.
@@ABk-dt8lk a TV show called QI, they fact check. Episodes are on TH-cam, when Stephen Fry hosted it. Hitler also gave Owen's, and other winners a sapling tree to plant which apparently still stands today
Jesse Owens actually admitted that he was treated better in N-word (the other n-word) Germany than in America. In Germany he wasn't forced to enter hotels through the backdoor like he was in America. Even after Owens became famous, he still wasn't allowed to enter through the front door like whites were in the US. He also became good friends with his German competitor, Lutz Long, there's a famous picture of them together talking and smiling. And despite the racial politics of 1930's Germany, you can look up videos on youtube of the german crowds chanting Jesse Owens name and rooting for him, which crazy considering what N-word Germany thought of non-Aryans. Also after winning his gold medals, FDR never acknowledged Owens and none of the black competitors were invited to the white house. I'd highly recommend watching the many documentaries about Jesse Owens' performance in the Olympics. There's an especially touching moment where Owens meets up with Lutz Long's (Long died in WW2) son in the 1970's, where Owens had only good things to say about his father.
That was downright atrocious to snub Mr. Owens like that! The man put the U.S. on the map when it came to competing and he had an abundance of humility on and off the track. FDR was so wrong for that and he made heartless Hitler look like the victor in that aspect...smh
"But before he [Hitler] left I was on my way to a broadcast and passed near his box. He waved at me and I waved back. I think it was bad taste to criticize the "man of the hour" in another country." Jesse Owens.
And if hitler had won the war and conquered America , do you think it would of mattered who he did or did not snub at the olympics ? Are you naive enough to think that the nazis wouldn’t have had Jessie and every other black man killed or enslaved ? Recognizing hitler was a idiot doesn’t mean you automatically think FDR was a genius. That’s a false dilemma, there both racist idiots. NO contradiction there. Do we also have to condemn every racist moron in recorded history just to make sure you don’t think we implicitly support them too ? Should we spell out EVERYTHING for you ? And for those of you asking “ How did he humiliate how did he humiliate Hitler ?” You need to go read Mein Kampf and and read transcripts of his speeches . In which he explicitly states the physical superiority of the Aryan man which was crushed by Jesse Owens as well as the heavyweight boxing champion and African-American athlete Joe Lewis when he destroyed Max Schmeling in the first round of their fight . Not to mention Hitlers alleged mental superiority of the Aryan which was his way of trying to compensate for the inferiority complex that he and many Germans felt in light of the many Jewish geniuses of his day. In physics - Einstein philosophers- Wittgenstein , chess players - Steinitz , lasker etc.
We reap what we sow. Mr Owens snubbed GOD! Never a praise did I hear. I could be wrong though. Maybe he gave JESUS glory on some of his other documentaries. If we're ashamed of Him, He will be ashamed of us.
Owens became friends with Long, and corresponded with him for the rest of Long's life. Long would write to him and despair about the direction his country was taking; eventually, Long was forced into the German military, and died in combat in 1943.
@@herbiehusker4624 According to the Holocaust Museum, Germany didn't treat the black athletes well. "....Nazi newspaper demeaned the Black athletes by referring to them as "auxiliaries." The continuing social and economic discrimination the Black medalists faced upon returning home underscored the irony of their victory in racist Germany." Source: The Official United States Holocaust Memorial Museum(Article: The Nazi Olympics Berlin 1936)
The sad thing was Hitler told Owens the truth. Why are you running for a country that will treat you least then humans when you go back home. The fact that this form of discrimination Owens experienced is not taught in schools is mind blowing.
Yes, as a retired educator, I never heard the down side to his life, i.e., how this country treated him. I know that America, was/is a racist country and during his era, it was crushing, to say the least. Another sad story is how they did Joe Louis, after everything he did for this country during WW2. (The Brown Bomber, baby.)
I cried thinking this man is dead and there’s nothing we can do to right all these monstruous wrongs he went through. Second part of the video made things better, but the horse race...
@@ioana11s13 You don't think his legacy, or his memory, are at the very least consolations? I mean look at the comments, in 2021, the man is a beloved historical figure, that causes people to laugh thinking about the extreme embarrassment Hitler would've felt in that moment. The man is remembered as a Chad.
@@augustuscaesar8287, the 2021 comments are wonderful for us, the living. We like to hope that at the end of the day all will be rectified and people will get what they truly deserve, if not during their lives, then surely in the future. Someone with such perseverance and talent being treated so poorly during the peak of their lives and abilities is brutal to endure, even to witness. I hope he felt loved by his people before he died. He never made it to the 2021 comment section.
FDR was a great man but still also a flawed, racist man. Product of his time? Horseshit. The Roosevelt family had used their wealth and privilege for generations to elevate themselves as educated men and women for the purpose of serving their country in the best way possible. Teddy was the first to host a person of colour for dinner at the white house. FDR snubbed one of the finest american athletes of all time and sent japanese americans to internment camps.
@@claytonberg721 teddy roosevelt wasn't perfect and certainly he said things that seemed commonplace at the time but would have you cancelled today. In my eyes he was one of the greatest men to ever live and went above the norm (at the time) for people of color. What he did to the town of indianola, Mississippi over the black post office worker, minnie cox, is hilarious and talked about very little.
These days it might sound uncharacteristic, in thirties it still was possible. While modern neo-nazis happily voice their disgust of any non-whites, 30's nazis had pretty much only two main targets: jews and slavs. Other ethnicities just simply didn't register in their radar and if they did, they were considered the least important so long as "Judeao-bolshevism" was around.
@@Jackhanmma7099 he famously considered russians the peak of white physical fitness because they lived in harsh elements compared to the "soft" western europeans
@@Ruosteinenknight he targeted jews and slavs because they had money. Black people were also untermensch but they were colonies who couldnt do anything. Given the time and the they would be eradicated without a second thought to make more living space for germans
Jesse Owens has been my hero in life ever since I stumbled upon his autobiography in 8th grade. I was astounded by his grit and perseverance. I know Usain Bolt is the fastest of all time but Jesse Owens will ALWAYS be the GREATEST OF ALL TIME!!
I love hearing stuff like this, things that informed perspectives early on that people still carry with them. I hope Jesse Owens continues to inspire you, much love!
@@jamiemartin274 the one I read was "The Jesse Owens Story" apparently it's not actually his autobiography, but none the less it really touched me as a young kid. I've ran track and field my entire life and I overcame poverty, illness and injury to become a talented 200m & 400m sprinter. Even now I have an action figure of his likeness on my wall for inspiration.
@@jamiemartin274 i like to think if bolt and owens met they would've had a friendly race and congratulate each other on thier achievements and shook hands and hugged for the press photos. :]
@Doug Parker bolt spanked modern athletes coasting basically. Nobody ever is as fast as that man. His 100m world record run is proof of this, dude took the last 10m off n still shattered it.
@@augustuscaesar8287 To say that the new deal did nothing to boost the economy is pure stupidity. Then again, with your inane obsession with “liberals”, stupidity is your strong point
@@TheHuskyK9 ahhh... I love when some triggered liberal tries to argue by starting with an insult while providing no facts or evidence. Typical subhuman argument format, lmao. Please, do tell me how FDR creating every 3 letter government institution that does nothing but regulate, actually helped the country instead of putting a stranglehold on literally every industry they affected. I'll wait. Oh, and for the record, since I've seen many people on YT try to Google arguments for some debate, that's something I check and call out. So unless you're willing to let everyone see that you were projecting your insecurities in that last comment, I would try to come up with an original argument. Just saying.
Thank you very much for this. Not only am I a huge admirer of Jesse, so were my parents. My father showed me a scrap book that he kept on the 1936 Olympics. The story of Jesse Owens is one all Americans should know and appreciate.
Anyone remember that one scene in blazing saddles when Clevon Little goes "and for my next impression, Jessie Owens" that's the first time I learned about this absolute legend. Jessie Owens and absolute American hero
@@jonhinch It is we as a community and country , any American Citizen born yesterday , today or tomorrow is disgusted by what our country that represents us as a Whole did to that man. This is why it is our responsibility to not repeat it, we should not be responsible to pay for our past sins that wasn't done by people of today, but we can ensure that we do not recreate the same mistakes for our future by studying History and understanding History.
Finally the biographics episode I’ve been waiting for. Owens was an amazing athlete, and while he was so great he still wasn’t invited to the whitehouse to meet the president as is customary for returning Olympic athletes.
I never met Jesse but his first cousin was my English teacher and he was a spitting Image of Jesse. He told us about his and Jesse's younger days and it really hit me hard. Thats why I hate all forms of racism
“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort” Jesse Owens
I grew up in Los Angeles back in the 90s, right down the street from Jesse Owens Park. I just want to thank all who were involved in this episode, though Im quite familiar with J.O., you guys did a wonderful job at explaining in great detail of such a great man.
I laughed, I cried ,I was moved deeply by this documentary. What an indelible mark he left for Americans both black and white. He overcame race, and grinding poverty to achieve what he set out to, winning the Olympics. Showing that the black man could compete in any field, on any level. And for me as white person his life speaks of the atrocities of racial discrimination to watch this hero be treated so badly, making me want to ensure I never see my fellow man treated with such indignity and malice. And he bore it with such quiet dignity , a true inspiration to us all. Jesse Owens American Hero
One of my patients was a german fellow that went to the olympics and actually saw owens run. He said the crowd was cheering for owens. You never hear that .
As a white American of German descent, I absolutely LOVE Jesse Owens! I love how he took Hitler's vision of the Űbermensch and showed it as the garbage it was. I also deeply respect his German competitor who gave Mr. Owens tips on how to win. I won't address his subsequent treatment here, because I do not have enough space to decry it. May God rest Mr. Owens' noble soul.
@J. Blabla, true enough. I meant how the head of the American Olympics team and our nation in genera treated himl. The man was a hero who got treated pretty badly at home, which saddens me.
"When I passed the Chancellor he arose, waved his hand at me, and I waved back at him. I think the writers showed bad taste in criticizing the man of the hour in Germany." "Jesse Owens was cheered as loudly as any Aryan." Lawrence Snyder
Well he...didn't really "humiliate" Hitler. The Germans still topped the medal score board. Additionally, Owens reportedly said that he was treated well. Hitler stopped personally addressing athletes not because it was Owens, but because his PR people said to him that only congratulating the German athletes looked bad - he should congratulate all in person or none. So Hitler being Hitler said he'd congratulate none. I like your stuff Simon, but the title just seems too clickbaity.
Exactly! This is it, this video is absolute proof of just how biased Simon is. If you can't see it after this, you're willfully ignoring it, because it doesn't suit your narrative. This explains why he won't cover the biography of Yagoda, Kaganovich, Emmanuel Carasso( who did the Armenians genocide), Isiah Davich Berg, Idel Jakobson and many many more.
In the sense that Hitler was pushing Germans as the superior race and then some of his athletes were beaten by someone he considered to be an animal... kinda sounds like he would have been humiliated. He probably threw one hell of a tantrum behind closed doors.
Best one of these you've done so far - I thought I knew a lot about Jesse Owens (even the depressing parts) but it was even worse. Very proud to be his fellow American, but very sad how badly our country and Olympic Committee treated him.
Proud to see such a legendary fellow Buckeye, though ashamed that I didn’t realize how segregated we were back in the day. Still, him confronting our sworn enemies in Michigan with an injured back is amazing.
If you're one of the fools that judges a video by the title instead of watching it, Simon mentions how Hitler didn't directly snub Owens during the Olympics. timestep 9:46
Title is still misleading, though. Still, it makes you wonder why the US had sent a black man to represent their country in the Olympics, but then they wouldn't even let him drink from the same fountain as whites back home. Americans are walking, talking contradictions.
@@VladTepesVEVO Why are you trying to defend the Nazis? Why are you arguing the point? You're splitting hairs, and the only people who seem to do that in discussions about the Nazis are those with an agenda who want to try and clean up their image. Is that what you're doing? Because at least be honest if that's your game.
jesse owens didnt humiliate hitler he shook his hand and said he had never been treated as an equal except when in germany where he rode front of bus and used same bathrooms as the Germans... "Hitler didnt snub me Roosevelt snubbed me" ACTUAL QUOTE OF JESSE OWENS
@@stipebalenovic6497 You know that it was Europe that screwed over their economies right? That when Europe pulled out from Africa after the scramble, they effectively left the countries out to dry right? And a lot of those "problems" that "come with higher melanin" is actually from higher rates of poverty, not skin colour, because, once again, the centuries of those with "less melanin" fucking them over. Literally, the only real differences between "races" are superficial appearance stuff. Biologically, we are the same. Skin colour is just a situational adaptation and has no real effect on any other biology. The lack of melanin from native European countries comes from the need to reduce vitamin C use in the cells where this is very little access to it. It is no different from the group that can breathe in low oxygen levels or that fishing tribe that can see better underwater. Edit: Also there is no link that creativity/intelligence has any link to skin colour. All study checking for thay came up dry. The only factor that effected it was poverty.
@@stipebalenovic6497 You know Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world, is 5 foot 7? He is 2 inches shorter than the average in his country. Mark Zuckerberg too. That didn't stop them. You are deluded.
Jesse Owens was awesome I'm proud to be raised in Alabama we cannot raise from the past if the negative comments keep continuing on and on move on folks no wonder things are worse now than above this drop the hate, hate is learned it seems we've learned nothing.
I'm a big fan of Biographics, and it looks like it's becoming even more multifaceted now. I had no idea Owens' career was fraught with so much tragedy, but being in America, it's amazing how unsurprising that realization is.
Ohio State owed him so much more than they gave him. They should be ashamed by the way they treated him, and owe his family a lot of money. The way they treated legendary athletes is shameful. Smfh
Thank you for really getting all the truth in that video. Owens was and shall continue to be the brightest stars among Lindbergh, Gargarin and Shepard, Armstrong and Aldrin, Robinson, Ali, Jordan, Bryant, Lebron, etc... where just the mention of his name means something to anyone who has read history; currently is or attempting to be an athlete; who dreams of changing their fate by remembering how this man refused to be arrogant and knew that his hard work mattered, but 1st and foremost to his family above all others! JC Owens shall always be remembered! 🥇
Hearing the way he was treated literally makes me sick to my stomach 🤬 I’m at 16:34 & I’m seriously going to have to make myself watch the rest of this video because it’s so sad 😔
Enforce the "psychopass system". It is a method to identify, track, and erase evil people from society! It turns out Narcissistic (and boarder) personality disorder is the source of all evil within humanity. This disorder is what affects the thought process of evil people. It doesn't excuse it. But it does explain it! MRI scanners can be used to expose these evil creatures. The world needs to be made aware of this and use it to eliminate evil people, preferably while they are at a young age; while they are at their most vulnerable and can't easily manipulate, nor deceive to get their way! Their acting skills is easily to identify as well. 'This' is key to actualising a real utopia! The only us vs them is 'empaths' (ppl with enough grey matter to allow empathy) against those with too few grey matter (that would allow them to experience real empathy). Narcissist and psychopaths (same thing) have little to no grey matter in their brain. They feel the need to fake empathy. At best, they might be capable of cognitive-empathy (superficial by comparison).
Imagine going to the most racist regime at that time and being congratulated by their leader and celebrated, but come back home and be completely snubbed and humiliated by the country that’s supposed to be the complete opposite of the regime. The mental gymnastics and ass backwardness of American racism was and to an extent still is astounding to this day.
My mom always taught me to be a good person and to pray at night. It boggles my mind how so called righteous people with the way they behaved in the past could sleep at night. Delusional desperation is a shame.
Gotta say, the volume of people in the comments for this one who didn't actually watch the video is off the charts. Guys! Everything you think you're complaining about! Simon covers it in the video 🤦♂️
I remember when Simon tweeted he'd "rather eat his own eyes than make a video about sports" and when I tweeted "Mannn I’d love to see you say something about sports. Sports connect with politics a lot you know !" he dissed me by saying "sounds double boring" lmao
One instance of humility doesn't change the fact that Owens was more individually successful than any German athlete. The humiliation sticks even if Hitler publically sucked it up.
@@gengarzilla1685 "But before he [Hitler] left I was on my way to a broadcast and passed near his box. He waved at me and I waved back. I think it was bad taste to criticize the "man of the hour" in another country." Jesse Owens.
Fun fact: the Jesse Owens birthplace museum is within walking (horse ridin?) distance from my ancestral home. It's actually rather sad, as are most historical monuments to Black people in Alabama. Please visit and spend some money so they can make it better. THANKS!!
Also, I believe that Jesse Owens impressed AND got into Hitler's head ,so much that it blew his mind. Mr Owens as long as I live, I will always remember you,not old enough to remember seeing you but I'll remember that you showed the world on its biggest stage that it matters not what color your skin is. The content of your heart was gold and needs to be loved and remembered as such. You and Jim Thorpe. Best olympians ever, don't make put one above the other. Lol bless you Mr Owens.
Jesse Owens himself said that (contrary to popular myth) Hitler saluted him from the stands... whereas the White House did NOT invite him (or any other African-American olympian for that matter) to a post-Olympic Games party thrown to celebrate the successes of the American Olympic team.
As an American, I can say they don't teach any of the bad stuff that happened to Owens in school. I spent almost my entire life thinking he lived like a king because he beat the nazis for America.
Does anyone else want to see a Video about Marvin Heymeyer, the creator and driver of the Killdozer? He's a local legend in Colorado and made an example of himself as what happens when reasonable men are forced to do unreasonable things.
My favorite historical figure. I read a lot of books on him growing up. They leave out most of the mistreatment. They make it seem as he was treated as a hero all along. Go bucks!
I remember Owens and Metcalf in 1966-1967 in Chicago where he became a spokesperson, TV commercials for a business known as Contractor's Furniture and Rug Company in Chicago. My mother worked there as a bookkeeper, I met the two and I still remember it vividly.
You can't we the Olympics, you ment to say the have the most medals in the 1936 edition. The Olympics is not the same as a world cup or other international tournaments it's more individual when it comes to the holistic approach no country had ever won the Olympics.
Thank you for finally doing this vid! Jesse Owens broke boundaries and set records of not just athleticism. Please do a video on Graine Mhaol the irish pirate queen
@@wildatlanticwitch5942 so cool, I'm descended from Ireland myself, my dream is to one day visit the land of my ancestors. Grace o'Malley may have been the most Irish person I've ever heard of! The stories of her are incredible!
I JUST WANNA SAY how grateful i am that yall decided to make a podcast. Now i can listen to history at work without my boss thinking im just watching youtube videos❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
That's weird, I heard he died screaming with his crotch embarrassingly stuck in a bear trap. He certainly didn't get to live a long life, with zero repercussions to his heinous and despicable actions related to one of the greatest athletes of all time. That would be an injustice. I even thought I saw it on his Wikipedia page, which of course, is an online resource that can be freely edited by just about anyone.
@@Solsev Yeahhh. That seems to have been the case (and is all too common in society), i.e. since it's structured to facilitate those with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), they often get away with the evil sh*t they do. SMH! The world needs a full proof system to find these evil things (preferably at a young age) and erase them! They have the mentality of those bad boys/girls in highschool. Something's never change. SMH.
"Hitler didin't snub me, it was FDR who snubbed me. The president didin't even send me a telegram." Jesse Owens
I was just going to write the same quote, Stay safe, my friend.
And liberals still idolize FDR...
This clickbait is like most factually inaccurate
@@Jarkeezy Why? Do you have FDR's telegram?
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My grandfather ran with Jesse in Mexico City and always had nothing but kind words to say about him.
My god. That must have been great
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Can't tell me NUThiN!
“And gave him a friendly little Nazi salute” is a sentence I never thought I would hear in my life
Oh, you never got one of those before I take it?😂
Back then Nazi Germany wasn't the epitome of evil it is today. Yes, it was bad, a dictatorship, but one of the many, still no war, no Holocaust. The title of evil of all evils was given to USSR
@@the2ndcoming135 🤣🤣🤣
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Fun fact: During the Olympics, Jesse Owens ran in a pair of shoes made by the German brothers Adi and Rudolph Dassler, then working together under their company name Gebrüder Dassler, who later went on to each found adidas and Puma.
@Doug Parker funnily his name was adolf dassler but after the war was lost, obviously they had to rebrand and Adolf had a negative association so the name Adidas was born.
@@beepadas Yes, though he was already nicknamed Adi back when he was a boy and always went by that name
Very interesting
@@beepadas it was adidas before the end of the war.
@@Cardah The company adidas was founded by Adi Dassler in 1949. He and his brother had their company Gebrüder Dassler before, where they were forced by the Nazis to make equipment and weapons for them during wartime which both of them despised doing. However, they had a falling out after the war which led Adi to found adidas and his brother, Rudolf, founded Puma.
Lolol Hitler actually treated him better than the US did. Hitler personally congratulated him on his win. When Owen's got back home he had to use the servants entrance to attend his own ceremony at a hotel.
Source?
@@ABk-dt8lk True! I´ve seen the ignoranced letter somewere.
@@ABk-dt8lk a TV show called QI, they fact check. Episodes are on TH-cam, when Stephen Fry hosted it. Hitler also gave Owen's, and other winners a sapling tree to plant which apparently still stands today
This bizarre attempt to claim good conduct from the most notorious racist in history.
@@shakiMiki What's bizarre about stating historical fact? You do realize this can be done without it implying support for Hitler?
Jesse Owens actually admitted that he was treated better in N-word (the other n-word) Germany than in America. In Germany he wasn't forced to enter hotels through the backdoor like he was in America. Even after Owens became famous, he still wasn't allowed to enter through the front door like whites were in the US.
He also became good friends with his German competitor, Lutz Long, there's a famous picture of them together talking and smiling. And despite the racial politics of 1930's Germany, you can look up videos on youtube of the german crowds chanting Jesse Owens name and rooting for him, which crazy considering what N-word Germany thought of non-Aryans.
Also after winning his gold medals, FDR never acknowledged Owens and none of the black competitors were invited to the white house. I'd highly recommend watching the many documentaries about Jesse Owens' performance in the Olympics. There's an especially touching moment where Owens meets up with Lutz Long's (Long died in WW2) son in the 1970's, where Owens had only good things to say about his father.
Your first sentence made me chuckle.. very witty 😅. The rest made me leave a like, what you said is true.
“Hitler didn't snub me-it was [Roosevelt] who snubbed me. The president didn't even send me a telegram.” - Jesse Owens
That was downright atrocious to snub Mr. Owens like that! The man put the U.S. on the map when it came to competing and he had an abundance of humility on and off the track. FDR was so wrong for that and he made heartless Hitler look like the victor in that aspect...smh
"But before he [Hitler] left I was on my way to a broadcast and passed near his box. He waved at me and I waved back. I think it was bad taste to criticize the "man of the hour" in another country." Jesse Owens.
And if hitler had won the war and conquered America , do you think it would of mattered who he did or did not snub at the olympics ?
Are you naive enough to think that the nazis wouldn’t have had Jessie and every other black man killed or enslaved ?
Recognizing hitler was a idiot doesn’t mean you automatically think FDR was a genius. That’s a false dilemma, there both racist idiots. NO contradiction there.
Do we also have to condemn every racist moron in recorded history just to make sure you don’t think we implicitly support them too ? Should we spell out EVERYTHING for you ?
And for those of you asking “ How did he humiliate how did he humiliate Hitler ?” You need to go read Mein Kampf and and read transcripts of his speeches . In which he explicitly states the physical superiority of the Aryan man which was crushed by Jesse Owens as well as the heavyweight boxing champion and African-American athlete Joe Lewis when he destroyed Max Schmeling in the first round of their fight . Not to mention Hitlers alleged mental superiority of the Aryan which was his way of trying to compensate for the inferiority complex that he and many Germans felt in light of the many Jewish geniuses of his day. In physics - Einstein philosophers- Wittgenstein , chess players - Steinitz , lasker etc.
We reap what we sow. Mr Owens snubbed GOD! Never a praise did I hear. I could be wrong though. Maybe he gave JESUS glory on some of his other documentaries. If we're ashamed of Him, He will be ashamed of us.
@@SOULRELIEF22 If there is a God he certainly doesn't like black folk, Jessie is literally an example.
It's disgusting how he was mistreated for so long.
By his own country
Don't matter what your gender, skin colour, religion or culture, WE are ALL human. The same people.
What a remarkable man!!
Very inspirational human being!!
Well done , Jesse!!
Now you can rest. Brother✌🇺🇸✌
Cool. That’s why records get broken😂
Not just him. All African Americans.
Owens became friends with Long, and corresponded with him for the rest of Long's life. Long would write to him and despair about the direction his country was taking; eventually, Long was forced into the German military, and died in combat in 1943.
Yes in Sicily. He is buried there.
Damn that’s sad
Then, Owens reached out to his son when he was older and maintained a lifelong friendship with his son until his death. What a man Owens was!!
@@jimboslice1231 thats very cool of him to do
Yep he was sent there because of his failure and his camaraderie with Ownens
One of the most inspiring people in Olympic history!
They say the germans treated our black athletes better than we did. Letting them stay in a nice 4-5 star hotel.
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According to the Holocaust Museum, Germany didn't treat the black athletes well.
"....Nazi newspaper demeaned the Black athletes by referring to them as "auxiliaries." The continuing social and economic discrimination the Black medalists faced upon returning home underscored the irony of their victory in racist Germany."
Source: The Official United States Holocaust Memorial Museum(Article: The Nazi Olympics Berlin 1936)
"One of the most inspiring people in history"...edited for accuracy ;)
Yes exactly.
One of the most important period in history
The sad thing was Hitler told Owens the truth. Why are you running for a country that will treat you least then humans when you go back home. The fact that this form of discrimination Owens experienced is not taught in schools is mind blowing.
Yes, as a retired educator, I never heard the down side to his life, i.e., how this country treated him. I know that America, was/is a racist country and during his era, it was crushing, to say the least. Another sad story is how they did Joe Louis, after everything he did for this country during WW2. (The Brown Bomber, baby.)
"Hitler didn't snub me-it was our president who snubbed me. The president didn't even send me a telegram." Jesse Owens
I've never left a Bio Graphics feeling so unbelievably sad.
@@clintstewart5545 To be honest as an Australian I only ever knew the sanitised version of his life. That poor bugger.
@@clintstewart5545 because of how a man got so utterly fucked over by his country??? Pretty damn sad
I cried thinking this man is dead and there’s nothing we can do to right all these monstruous wrongs he went through. Second part of the video made things better, but the horse race...
@@ioana11s13 You don't think his legacy, or his memory, are at the very least consolations? I mean look at the comments, in 2021, the man is a beloved historical figure, that causes people to laugh thinking about the extreme embarrassment Hitler would've felt in that moment. The man is remembered as a Chad.
@@augustuscaesar8287, the 2021 comments are wonderful for us, the living. We like to hope that at the end of the day all will be rectified and people will get what they truly deserve, if not during their lives, then surely in the future.
Someone with such perseverance and talent being treated so poorly during the peak of their lives and abilities is brutal to endure, even to witness. I hope he felt loved by his people before he died. He never made it to the 2021 comment section.
Jessie owens himself said hitler showed him more respect then America including fdr, also Germany won that Olympic games..
I think that’s why Fegelein took great note of this👀
FDR was a great man but still also a flawed, racist man. Product of his time? Horseshit. The Roosevelt family had used their wealth and privilege for generations to elevate themselves as educated men and women for the purpose of serving their country in the best way possible. Teddy was the first to host a person of colour for dinner at the white house. FDR snubbed one of the finest american athletes of all time and sent japanese americans to internment camps.
Jesse made the American Olympic team. There is no way he would have made Nazi Germany's team, no matter how good he was.
@@gregbors8364 isnt that worse? If youre going to be racist, at least acknowledge it. They treated him like a racing horse.
@@claytonberg721 teddy roosevelt wasn't perfect and certainly he said things that seemed commonplace at the time but would have you cancelled today. In my eyes he was one of the greatest men to ever live and went above the norm (at the time) for people of color. What he did to the town of indianola, Mississippi over the black post office worker, minnie cox, is hilarious and talked about very little.
Owens was treated with the utmost respect by the Germans; he said so himself.
These days it might sound uncharacteristic, in thirties it still was possible. While modern neo-nazis happily voice their disgust of any non-whites, 30's nazis had pretty much only two main targets: jews and slavs. Other ethnicities just simply didn't register in their radar and if they did, they were considered the least important so long as "Judeao-bolshevism" was around.
@@Ruosteinenknight Hitler only hated Slavs because of communism. Scientists in Germany considered Slavs as Aryans
@@Jackhanmma7099 He also hated the Gypies, I think they were call Roma or something of that nature.
@@Jackhanmma7099 he famously considered russians the peak of white physical fitness because they lived in harsh elements compared to the "soft" western europeans
@@Ruosteinenknight he targeted jews and slavs because they had money. Black people were also untermensch but they were colonies who couldnt do anything. Given the time and the they would be eradicated without a second thought to make more living space for germans
How did he humiliate Hitler?
Hitler shook his hand,while the US president did not want to see him.
Are you for Hitler?
@@tedmarley4341 not the point
@@peroteastman just making sure. I understand where you coming from.
Exactly my dude.
@@tedmarley4341 its true...Hitler shook his hand his own president ignored him. Facts dont care about feelings.
Jesse Owens has been my hero in life ever since I stumbled upon his autobiography in 8th grade. I was astounded by his grit and perseverance. I know Usain Bolt is the fastest of all time but Jesse Owens will ALWAYS be the GREATEST OF ALL TIME!!
I love hearing stuff like this, things that informed perspectives early on that people still carry with them. I hope Jesse Owens continues to inspire you, much love!
I wish bolt and owens could've met each other. 😭😭😭😭 legends.
What's the book called?
@@jamiemartin274 the one I read was "The Jesse Owens Story" apparently it's not actually his autobiography, but none the less it really touched me as a young kid. I've ran track and field my entire life and I overcame poverty, illness and injury to become a talented 200m & 400m sprinter. Even now I have an action figure of his likeness on my wall for inspiration.
@@jamiemartin274 i like to think if bolt and owens met they would've had a friendly race and congratulate each other on thier achievements and shook hands and hugged for the press photos. :]
A life long smoker was the fastest man in the world... imagine him with todays knowledge and technology.
i don't think you have to imagine, you'd basically have usain bolt.
@@suge0118 I don't think bolt realistically compares, this is pure talent without technology nutrition supplements and segregation
@Doug Parker bolt spanked modern athletes coasting basically. Nobody ever is as fast as that man. His 100m world record run is proof of this, dude took the last 10m off n still shattered it.
@Doug Parker ha! if only it could be done
I just want to say that smoking kills your stamina not your physical speed
Jesse Owens: The Brilliant Sprinter Humiliated By FDR
And liberals still idolize the man... even though WWII got the economy going, not the stranglehold that was the new deal.
Well from a man in a wheelchair yeah.
@@augustuscaesar8287 To say that the new deal did nothing to boost the economy is pure stupidity. Then again, with your inane obsession with “liberals”, stupidity is your strong point
@@TheHuskyK9 ahhh... I love when some triggered liberal tries to argue by starting with an insult while providing no facts or evidence. Typical subhuman argument format, lmao.
Please, do tell me how FDR creating every 3 letter government institution that does nothing but regulate, actually helped the country instead of putting a stranglehold on literally every industry they affected. I'll wait.
Oh, and for the record, since I've seen many people on YT try to Google arguments for some debate, that's something I check and call out. So unless you're willing to let everyone see that you were projecting your insecurities in that last comment, I would try to come up with an original argument. Just saying.
@@augustuscaesar8287 your political view isn't a personality
Thank you very much for this. Not only am I a huge admirer of Jesse, so were my parents. My father showed me a scrap book that he kept on the 1936 Olympics. The story of Jesse Owens is one all Americans should know and appreciate.
Anyone remember that one scene in blazing saddles when Clevon Little goes "and for my next impression, Jessie Owens" that's the first time I learned about this absolute legend. Jessie Owens and absolute American hero
“Hitler didn’t snub me - it was Franklin D. Roosevelt who snubbed me. The president didn’t even send me a telegram.”- Jesse Owens
It’s nice to see the whole story told for a change. It’s disgusting what we did to that man
We ? I did nothing ! Are you actually saying every member of a race is responsible for all bad actions by other members of said race ?
@@jonhinch It is we as a community and country , any American Citizen born yesterday , today or tomorrow is disgusted by what our country that represents us as a Whole did to that man.
This is why it is our responsibility to not repeat it, we should not be responsible to pay for our past sins that wasn't done by people of today, but we can ensure that we do not recreate the same mistakes for our future by studying History and understanding History.
We?
Nah..
That was them....not us.
*They not like us.*
Finally the biographics episode I’ve been waiting for. Owens was an amazing athlete, and while he was so great he still wasn’t invited to the whitehouse to meet the president as is customary for returning Olympic athletes.
I never met Jesse but his first cousin was my English teacher and he was a spitting Image of Jesse. He told us about his and Jesse's younger days and it really hit me hard. Thats why I hate all forms of racism
I hate national socialist party.
@@theenzoferrari458 Why?
@@Boulders911 you know
@@arelcemkencebay2819 it is the best party ever
That’s incredible.. you’re so fortunate to have had that experience. Thanks for sharing it with us btw!
They couldn't take away his greatness or who he was he opened doors for a lot of athletes.
He was treated abominably. I would think most businesses especially new ones failed during the depression. Jesse is a hero!
USA fought so hard with Germans in ww2 for their discrimination against jews that they forgot how they were doing it against blacks for 200 years 😂
*400+ Years.
The first black slaves arrived in the USA in about 1619. America always tries to downplay it though.
They didn't fight for their discrimination against jews. Hitler declared war against US because of his alliance with Japan.
@@arad4852 and US fought Japan cos they attacked them.
@@ah_libra Who sold the slaves to americans?
@@mikakoivunen3456 Arabs
Funny how the fastest man in the world was snubbed by a paraplegic.
Pretty ironic
I know he was ashamed of being in a wheelchair.
Ouch, sick burn
Good point!
Damn 🤣🤣🤣
“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort”
Jesse Owens
I grew up in Los Angeles back in the 90s, right down the street from Jesse Owens Park. I just want to thank all who were involved in this episode, though Im quite familiar with J.O., you guys did a wonderful job at explaining in great detail of such a great man.
This man's story is Hollywood biopic-worthy. It should be made into an MMM.
🙄
Pretty sure it was lol.
it was made into a movie its called 'race'. check it out
@@bigceazerperfect title for this film.
I laughed, I cried ,I was moved deeply by this documentary. What an indelible mark he left for Americans both black and white. He overcame race, and grinding poverty to achieve what he set out to, winning the Olympics. Showing that the black man could compete in any field, on any level. And for me as white person his life speaks of the atrocities of racial discrimination to watch this hero be treated so badly, making me want to ensure I never see my fellow man treated with such indignity and malice. And he bore it with such quiet dignity , a true inspiration to us all. Jesse Owens American Hero
One of my patients was a german fellow that went to the olympics and actually saw owens run. He said the crowd was cheering for owens. You never hear that .
The German people showed jesse nothing but kindness and respect.
There's an interesting correlation between people who didn't watch the whole video and those who believe that Simon wrote the script.
Its a deceptive title.
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He did write his own title and backed it up.
Jessie is well known, even amongst us right leaners as a guy who changed culture. What's more interesting is the amount of people giving Hitler props.
I mainly watch business blaze now 😂
As a white American of German descent, I absolutely LOVE Jesse Owens! I love how he took Hitler's vision of the Űbermensch and showed it as the garbage it was. I also deeply respect his German competitor who gave Mr. Owens tips on how to win. I won't address his subsequent treatment here, because I do not have enough space to decry it. May God rest Mr. Owens' noble soul.
@J. Blabla thank you for the clarification. I was talking about the deplorable treatment suffered by Mr. Owens.
@J. Blabla, true enough. I meant how the head of the American Olympics team and our nation in genera treated himl. The man was a hero who got treated pretty badly at home, which saddens me.
This is how bio story should be told, the good, the bad, and the ugly of one's life. His life was greater than the legend.
Make Biography Of Alex Trebek Man Who Hosted “Jeopardy!”
heck yes eh...
YESSSS! Great idea!
I don't see a man who was snubbed, I see a Man who stood tall and won the races on his own.
1:15 - Chapter 1 - Days of hunger
4:20 - Chapter 2 - Making a legend
7:55 - Chapter 3 - The fuhrer's games
11:10 - Chapter 4 - Betrayal
14:30 - Chapter 5 - Humiliating a hero
17:45 - Chapter 6 - Legacy
Ah America, my shining home of contradictions and ignorance
Try these Countries England ,Canada
@@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647 hopefully one day soon
Makes you wonder why the American flag isn’t treated with as much disdain as the nazi swastika
Your best Biography for ages. About a heroic person rather than a serial killer or ancient dictator. A refreshing change, thank you. X
Wonderful video. Thank you for posting this.
Jesse was treated better by Hitler than America did at the time. Let that sink in.
"When I passed the Chancellor he arose, waved his hand at me, and I waved back at him. I think the writers showed bad taste in criticizing the man of the hour in Germany."
"Jesse Owens was cheered as loudly as any Aryan." Lawrence Snyder
Well he...didn't really "humiliate" Hitler. The Germans still topped the medal score board. Additionally, Owens reportedly said that he was treated well. Hitler stopped personally addressing athletes not because it was Owens, but because his PR people said to him that only congratulating the German athletes looked bad - he should congratulate all in person or none. So Hitler being Hitler said he'd congratulate none.
I like your stuff Simon, but the title just seems too clickbaity.
Here’s an idea watch the whole video before criticizing it since he brought up exactly what you posted.
Exactly! This is it, this video is absolute proof of just how biased Simon is.
If you can't see it after this, you're willfully ignoring it, because it doesn't suit your narrative.
This explains why he won't cover the biography of Yagoda, Kaganovich, Emmanuel Carasso( who did the Armenians genocide), Isiah Davich Berg, Idel Jakobson and many many more.
Lol they never bring up that Germany completely swept the medal score board and won that Olympics
In the sense that Hitler was pushing Germans as the superior race and then some of his athletes were beaten by someone he considered to be an animal... kinda sounds like he would have been humiliated. He probably threw one hell of a tantrum behind closed doors.
And you people never bring up the fact that Owens individually won the most medals. Stop looking at the Olympics as a country vs country matter.
These videos are among very best in youtube. Thank you!
Agree with you. 👍👍👍
Best one of these you've done so far - I thought I knew a lot about Jesse Owens (even the depressing parts) but it was even worse. Very proud to be his fellow American, but very sad how badly our country and Olympic Committee treated him.
Proud to see such a legendary fellow Buckeye, though ashamed that I didn’t realize how segregated we were back in the day. Still, him confronting our sworn enemies in Michigan with an injured back is amazing.
If you're one of the fools that judges a video by the title instead of watching it, Simon mentions how Hitler didn't directly snub Owens during the Olympics. timestep 9:46
Title is still misleading, though. Still, it makes you wonder why the US had sent a black man to represent their country in the Olympics, but then they wouldn't even let him drink from the same fountain as whites back home.
Americans are walking, talking contradictions.
Correction, it's at 9:55
@@VladTepesVEVO Why are you trying to defend the Nazis? Why are you arguing the point? You're splitting hairs, and the only people who seem to do that in discussions about the Nazis are those with an agenda who want to try and clean up their image. Is that what you're doing? Because at least be honest if that's your game.
@@louthegiantcookie At no point did he mention or defend nazis?
@@for865 Dude. Just don't. Don't be coy. We both know the little games people play any time the Nazis come up in a video.
jesse owens didnt humiliate hitler he shook his hand and said he had never been treated as an equal except when in germany where he rode front of bus and used same bathrooms as the Germans... "Hitler didnt snub me Roosevelt snubbed me" ACTUAL QUOTE OF JESSE OWENS
Merica!
Even in a country that hated him for something as silly as higher melanin. He overcame and became a legend.
It's not as simple as that, but basically ye.
@@stipebalenovic6497 You know that it was Europe that screwed over their economies right? That when Europe pulled out from Africa after the scramble, they effectively left the countries out to dry right? And a lot of those "problems" that "come with higher melanin" is actually from higher rates of poverty, not skin colour, because, once again, the centuries of those with "less melanin" fucking them over. Literally, the only real differences between "races" are superficial appearance stuff. Biologically, we are the same.
Skin colour is just a situational adaptation and has no real effect on any other biology. The lack of melanin from native European countries comes from the need to reduce vitamin C use in the cells where this is very little access to it. It is no different from the group that can breathe in low oxygen levels or that fishing tribe that can see better underwater.
Edit: Also there is no link that creativity/intelligence has any link to skin colour. All study checking for thay came up dry. The only factor that effected it was poverty.
@@stipebalenovic6497 YOU. ARE. GENETICALLY. 'INFERIOR'.
No matter what you tell yourself, never forget that! 😐
@@stipebalenovic6497 You know Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world, is 5 foot 7? He is 2 inches shorter than the average in his country. Mark Zuckerberg too. That didn't stop them. You are deluded.
Jesse Owens was awesome I'm proud to be raised in Alabama we cannot raise from the past if the negative comments keep continuing on and on move on folks no wonder things are worse now than above this drop the hate, hate is learned it seems we've learned nothing.
Jesse Ownes was a great man, so inspiring! Wonderful video also, well done thanks for making it!
Fun Fact: In college Owens set three world records and tied a fourth within the span of 45 minutes
Simon says that in the first few minutes of the video 😂😅
Yes because he was a black athlete. Blacks in Germany wouldn't say the ssme.
I've hoped someone would talk about his life, sends a very powerful message. Thanks Simon!
I'm a big fan of Biographics, and it looks like it's becoming even more multifaceted now. I had no idea Owens' career was fraught with so much tragedy, but being in America, it's amazing how unsurprising that realization is.
Ohio State owed him so much more than they gave him. They should be ashamed by the way they treated him, and owe his family a lot of money. The way they treated legendary athletes is shameful. Smfh
The man embarrassed Hitler by doing what he'd normally do. Pretty sure this makes him a Chad.
A true University sounds like
Thank you for really getting all the truth in that video. Owens was and shall continue to be the brightest stars among Lindbergh, Gargarin and Shepard, Armstrong and Aldrin, Robinson, Ali, Jordan, Bryant, Lebron, etc... where just the mention of his name means something to anyone who has read history; currently is or attempting to be an athlete; who dreams of changing their fate by remembering how this man refused to be arrogant and knew that his hard work mattered, but 1st and foremost to his family above all others! JC Owens shall always be remembered! 🥇
Hearing the way he was treated literally makes me sick to my stomach 🤬 I’m at 16:34 & I’m seriously going to have to make myself watch the rest of this video because it’s so sad 😔
Enforce the "psychopass system". It is a method to identify, track, and erase evil people from society!
It turns out Narcissistic (and boarder) personality disorder is the source of all evil within humanity.
This disorder is what affects the thought process of evil people. It doesn't excuse it. But it does explain it! MRI scanners can be used to expose these evil creatures. The world needs to be made aware of this and use it to eliminate evil people, preferably while they are at a young age; while they are at their most vulnerable and can't easily manipulate, nor deceive to get their way! Their acting skills is easily to identify as well. 'This' is key to actualising a real utopia! The only us vs them is 'empaths' (ppl with enough grey matter to allow empathy) against those with too few grey matter (that would allow them to experience real empathy). Narcissist and psychopaths (same thing) have little to no grey matter in their brain. They feel the need to fake empathy.
At best, they might be capable of cognitive-empathy (superficial by comparison).
Imagine going to the most racist regime at that time and being congratulated by their leader and celebrated, but come back home and be completely snubbed and humiliated by the country that’s supposed to be the complete opposite of the regime.
The mental gymnastics and ass backwardness of American racism was and to an extent still is astounding to this day.
Well said.
What a fabulous athlete, and even a better man.
I know most of you said "JC" out loud to hear "Jesse". I did it too
My mom always taught me to be a good person and to pray at night. It boggles my mind how so called righteous people with the way they behaved in the past could sleep at night. Delusional desperation is a shame.
“For my next impression: Jesse Owens!”
"Where the white women at?”
Dammit! Beat me to it!
This makes me relies how hilarious the “in the good old days” saying is
Makes me relies how bad your spelling is
Gotta say, the volume of people in the comments for this one who didn't actually watch the video is off the charts. Guys! Everything you think you're complaining about! Simon covers it in the video 🤦♂️
A man who persevered in the face of adversity，Jessi Owens；thank you Simon
What an amazing person. Thank you for sharing.
knew him from Horrible Histories.... respect to this legend.
I remember when Simon tweeted he'd "rather eat his own eyes than make a video about sports" and when I tweeted "Mannn I’d love to see you say something about sports. Sports connect with politics a lot you know !" he dissed me by saying "sounds double boring" lmao
Then why did Hitler send him a congratulations via mail? That's more than anything FDR did for him.
One instance of humility doesn't change the fact that Owens was more individually successful than any German athlete. The humiliation sticks even if Hitler publically sucked it up.
@@gengarzilla1685 "But before he [Hitler] left I was on my way to a broadcast and passed near his box. He waved at me and I waved back. I think it was bad taste to criticize the "man of the hour" in another country." Jesse Owens.
I only knew the "good" part of Owens' life. I am so glad you did this episode so we could see his entire life story. Well done!
Germany still won the 1936 Olympics
“won”
Said the nazi
No country can win the world cup. You meant to say they have the most medals but to out right win. You can't.
Fun fact: the Jesse Owens birthplace museum is within walking (horse ridin?) distance from my ancestral home. It's actually rather sad, as are most historical monuments to Black people in Alabama. Please visit and spend some money so they can make it better. THANKS!!
Also, I believe that Jesse Owens impressed AND got into Hitler's head ,so much that it blew his mind. Mr Owens as long as I live, I will always remember you,not old enough to remember seeing you but I'll remember that you showed the world on its biggest stage that it matters not what color your skin is. The content of your heart was gold and needs to be loved and remembered as such. You and Jim Thorpe. Best olympians ever, don't make put one above the other. Lol bless you Mr Owens.
As an American, I am getting sick of this country continually ignoring and mistreating its Minorities, especially since I am one.
Hitting the finish line “just a tenth” ahead of anyone is a lot of time and not close at all in sprinting a 100m.
Jesse Owens himself said that (contrary to popular myth) Hitler saluted him from the stands... whereas the White House did NOT invite him (or any other African-American olympian for that matter) to a post-Olympic Games party thrown to celebrate the successes of the American Olympic team.
You keep saying "J.C", but I keep hearing "Jay-Z" lmao.
As an American, I can say they don't teach any of the bad stuff that happened to Owens in school. I spent almost my entire life thinking he lived like a king because he beat the nazis for America.
And his brother was 0.4 seconds slower than him and went on to be a janitor at a whites only school.
0.4 seconds is a huge amount in sprinting.
@@mrgt3201 how many white lads do u think were slower than him but still got jobs as athletes
@@mrgt3201 another fun fact Jesse owens brother SHATTERED the Olympic record at that time but still came in second, since you wanna be an asshole.
@@tylerwilson4287 stating a fact is being an asshole now?
@@negativeindustrial you realize what year this took place in right? You may want to Google it smart guy.
I'm from Tucson. He died here and we have a park named after him. We definitely learned about him in school :)
Does anyone else want to see a Video about Marvin Heymeyer, the creator and driver of the Killdozer? He's a local legend in Colorado and made an example of himself as what happens when reasonable men are forced to do unreasonable things.
My favorite historical figure. I read a lot of books on him growing up. They leave out most of the mistreatment. They make it seem as he was treated as a hero all along. Go bucks!
This is your finest video yet. Bravo to the entire team. Jesse Owens is A Naive Hero to this day !
This is one of your best. I enjoyed it and will watch it again some time.
He was a big moral inspiration to me
I'm a middle aged white dude and I'm continuously amazed how many great black people have come out of a country who hated them so much
Jesse Owens will always be a hero. Timeless greatness.🏃🏿♂️ Whoever took part in trying to destroy him, will answer to God.
I remember Owens and Metcalf in 1966-1967 in Chicago where he became a spokesperson, TV commercials for a business known as Contractor's Furniture and Rug Company in Chicago. My mother worked there as a bookkeeper, I met the two and I still remember it vividly.
Good video 👍
Jackie Robinson’s older brother, Mack, was the teammate that that finished second at the Olympics. He broke the world record that race, too.
I’m pretty sure the Germans still won the Olympics that year
Exactly. I doubt Hitler felt humiliated. Dumb headline.
Yep, they won the most medals in reach rank.
It was actually the last olympics we would ever lose
You can't we the Olympics, you ment to say the have the most medals in the 1936 edition. The Olympics is not the same as a world cup or other international tournaments it's more individual when it comes to the holistic approach no country had ever won the Olympics.
Simon. Thank you.
Thank you for finally doing this vid! Jesse Owens broke boundaries and set records of not just athleticism. Please do a video on Graine Mhaol the irish pirate queen
Yes!! Long live the pirate queen!
@@brandonangstman I've been commenting on every vid asking for one on her. The best of the pirates. Live right by her home Castle in Mayo
@@wildatlanticwitch5942 so cool, I'm descended from Ireland myself, my dream is to one day visit the land of my ancestors. Grace o'Malley may have been the most Irish person I've ever heard of! The stories of her are incredible!
@@brandonangstman hopefully Simon will do a video on her eventually, seems doubtful though... :/
@@wildatlanticwitch5942 hey gotta remember he's English and Irish people who kicked there butts might be a sore subject.😆
I JUST WANNA SAY how grateful i am that yall decided to make a podcast. Now i can listen to history at work without my boss thinking im just watching youtube videos❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
You forgot the best part where Brundage was killed in that hilarious "crotch in a bear trap" incident.
Sounds very painful. Good for that bear trap!
Oh so there's a happy ending!
Sources?! I couldn't find that anywhere! I hope you aren't lying. Smh.
That's weird, I heard he died screaming with his crotch embarrassingly stuck in a bear trap. He certainly didn't get to live a long life, with zero repercussions to his heinous and despicable actions related to one of the greatest athletes of all time. That would be an injustice. I even thought I saw it on his Wikipedia page, which of course, is an online resource that can be freely edited by just about anyone.
@@Solsev
Yeahhh. That seems to have been the case (and is all too common in society), i.e. since it's structured to facilitate those with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), they often get away with the evil sh*t they do. SMH!
The world needs a full proof system to find these evil things (preferably at a young age) and erase them! They have the mentality of those bad boys/girls in highschool. Something's never change. SMH.