Jesse Owens was an authentic American hero from ... but I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President, either." Owens wasn't complaining. That wasn't his style.

Jesse Owens won four gold medals in track ... Later, American Olympic medal winners were invited by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the White House, but only the white medalists.

Perhaps the most famous incident occurred after Jesse Owens ... decades years after the Olympic Games, that Owens was welcomed by an American president, Gerald Ford. This time, at least, Owens ...

For most athletes, Jesse Owens' performance one spring ... but I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President, either." Owens wasn't complaining. That wasn't his style.