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People and Places
Briefly discusses bygone times and people from prehistoric man to the present, giving special attention to United States history.
Getting Along
Gives suggestions for and examples of ways of getting along with others by learning to get along with yourself.
I Have Changed
In this publication, Jesse Owens discusses how he has changed, personally and politically, since he wrote "Blackthink", how he has come to greater self-knowledge and how he has grown militancy. But there is more in this book: relivings of his great races ; instructions to young athletes ; wonderful portraits of his friends Joe Louis and Martin Luther King, Jr. ; his attempts to come to terms with Eldridge Cleaver and Angela Davis.
Understanding Nelson Algren
Brooke Horvath surveys the literary contributions of a writer known as the voice of America’s dispossessed. Horvath offers an introduction to the life and work of the Chicagoan who wrote about the underclass in the Windy City and beyond, bringing to the fore their humanity and aspirations. Examining Algren’s eleven major works, Horvath sets Algren’s evolution as a writer against the backdrop of the nation’s shifting social, political, and economic landscape.
Jesse Owens
In 1936, in front of 110,000 spectators at the Olympic Stadium in Germany, Jesse Owens blew away the competition in the 100-meter final to claim the title of “World’s Fastest Man.” He won the gold medal in front of Germany’s brutal dictator, Adolf Hitler, defying the Nazi leader’s racist ideology. Owens won three more gold medals at the Olympics and returned to the United States a hero. Author Jeff Burlingame explores the life of one of the greatest and most influential athletes in American history, from his humble childhood to his legacy on and off the track.
The Jesse Owens Story
The Negro athlete who won four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics tells his life story.
Blackthink
Deeply personal memoir by the track star who shattered the Hitler myth of Aryan superiority at the 1936 Olympics.
Current Catalog
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
