East Tennessee State University Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University Electronic Theses and Dissertations Student Works 12-2012 The Olympic Glory of Jesse Owens: A Contribution to Civil Rights and Society Casey Aaron Nash East Tennessee State University Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.etsu.edu/etd Part of the Cultural History Commons Recommended Citation Nash, Casey Aaron, "The Olympic Glory of Jesse Owens: A Contribution to Civil Rights and Society" (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 1510. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1510 This Thesis - Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Works at Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The Olympic Glory of Jesse Owens: A Contribution to Civil Rights and Society _____________________ A thesis presented to the faculty of the Department of History East Tennessee State University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in History _____________________ by Casey Aaron Nash December 2012 _____________________ Dr. Elwood D. Watson, Chair Dr. J. David Briley Dr. Henry J. Antkiewicz Keywords: Jesse Owens, Olympics, 1936, gold medal, Berlin, African American, Adolph Hitler, 100 meters ABSTRACT The Olympic Glory of Jesse Owens: A Contribution to Civil Rights and Society by Casey Aaron Nash Jesse Owens was the star of the Berlin Olympics in 1936. His four gold medals in Hitler’s Germany, as an African American, had far reaching implications back in the United States.