Civil Rights History
The Enduring Friendship of Jesse Owens and Luz Long: A Beacon of Hope at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
The Friendship of Jesse Owens and Luz Long At the 1936 Berlin Olympics, beneath the imposing shadow of swastika banners, an African-American son of sharecroppers and a German law student etched a story of friendship into the annals of history. Jesse Owens and Carl Ludwig “Luz” Long, competitors in the Read more…
