Jesse Owens

‘The Difference Makers’

Clinton Yates on how Black athletes have made a difference in our society and our lives

Jesse Owens vs. Hitler wasn’t the only story at the 1936 Olympics

New book, ‘Games of Deception,’ looks at other black American athletes in Berlin and the country’s all-white basketball team

Neil deGrasse Tyson to Kyrie Irving: “I’m glad you play basketball instead of serve as head of NASA”

Astrophysicist is pop culture’s ultimate superfan

50 greatest black athletes

We teamed up with SurveyMonkey for a public ranking of the 50 greatest black athletes of all time.

Lady Liberty is a black woman, and Joe Louis, Jackie Robinson and Jesse Owens get commemorated in coin, too

Some of the money spends, but the currency is truly about history, power and respect

The Undefeated 44 most influential black Americans in history

44 African Americans who shook up the world

The makings of an American hero

From picking cotton to the pick-and-roll, Spencer Haywood’s story is truly astounding

Jesse Owens takes the 1936 Olympics by storm

Owens took home four gold medals and records over six days

Pots & Pans: Let’s share the important, inspirational and incredible

Black athletes have always stretched the boundaries in sports & society