Overview
- Caption
- Front page of the New York Amsterdam News, from during the 11th Summer Olympic Games, with the headline "Negro Heroes Pile Up 70 of 187 U.S. Points."
The article describes victories by Jesse Owens, Cornelius Johnson, and John Woodruff, as well as second-place finishes by Ralph Metcalfe and Mack Robinson. - Date
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1936 August 08
- Locale
- New York City, NY United States
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Library of Congress
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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Library of Congress
Copyright: Public Domain
Keywords & Subjects
- Record last modified:
- 2016-01-21 00:00:00
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