This is undoubtedly a great moment in history but to say it was a humiliation for Hitler is a bit of selective story telling, the Germans absolutely dominated those Olympics with 101 medals leaving second place USA far behind at just 57 medals, the Olympics were a huge win for the Nazis.
Ingaz on November 8th, 2024 at 02:24 UTC »
Humiliating Jim Crow even more
makonde on November 8th, 2024 at 02:55 UTC »
This is undoubtedly a great moment in history but to say it was a humiliation for Hitler is a bit of selective story telling, the Germans absolutely dominated those Olympics with 101 medals leaving second place USA far behind at just 57 medals, the Olympics were a huge win for the Nazis.
briant0918 on November 8th, 2024 at 04:28 UTC »
And then he went back to the US, where he was not welcomed as a hero, instead facing the same racism he’d dealt with his whole life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Owens#Life_after_the_Olympics