Just Like Jesse Owens
Ambassador Andrew Young as told to Paula Young Shelton
In 1930s New Orleans, a boy confronts racism and learns about resilience. When neighbors shout Nazi slogans, his father answers their hatred by taking him to a film about Jesse Owens, the 1936 Olympic champion. Owens’s achievement becomes a lasting source of inspiration for Andrew Young. The book links one family’s response to prejudice with the example of a Black athlete whose accomplishment continued to matter long afterward.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
