232k views
10 votes
Why would an NAACP representative not want Jesse Owens to run?

1 Answer

9 votes

Answer:

The performance of Jesse Owens and other black athletes in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin may have challenged Adolf Hitler’s notions of racial supremacy, but the Olympics overall were a “great propaganda boost” for Nazi Germany, University of Illinois history professor Peter Fritzsche said.

User Sigrist
by
8.7k points
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.