{"id":59762,"date":"2015-10-15T13:26:19","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T17:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/?post_type=lecture&#038;p=59762"},"modified":"2024-04-30T14:24:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T18:24:41","slug":"jesse-owens","status":"publish","type":"lecture","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/jesse-owens\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesse Owens"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">great lives lecture series<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Jesse Owens<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><div class=\"wpv-view-output\" data-toolset-views-view-editor=\"6ccf1c0b4330150a6afe10079ff21778\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-toolset-views-view-editor wpv-gutenberg-view-wrapper-61885\">\n\n\n<div id=\"wpv-view-layout-61885-CATTR15baa8629cffdacf5eee76ab26fbe8be\" class=\"js-wpv-view-layout js-wpv-layout-responsive js-wpv-view-layout-61885-CATTR15baa8629cffdacf5eee76ab26fbe8be\" data-viewnumber=\"61885-CATTR15baa8629cffdacf5eee76ab26fbe8be\" data-pagination='{\"id\":\"61885\",\"query\":\"normal\",\"type\":\"disabled\",\"effect\":\"fade\",\"duration\":500,\"speed\":5,\"pause_on_hover\":\"enabled\",\"stop_rollover\":\"false\",\"cache_pages\":\"enabled\",\"preload_images\":\"enabled\",\"preload_pages\":\"enabled\",\"preload_reach\":1,\"spinner\":\"builtin\",\"spinner_image\":\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/plugins\/toolset-blocks\/embedded\/res\/img\/ajax-loader.gif\",\"callback_next\":\"\",\"manage_history\":\"enabled\",\"has_controls_in_form\":\"disabled\",\"infinite_tolerance\":\"0\",\"max_pages\":1,\"page\":1,\"base_permalink\":\"\/greatlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lecture\/59762?wpv_view_count=61885-CATTR15baa8629cffdacf5eee76ab26fbe8be&amp;wpv_paged=WPV_PAGE_NUM\",\"loop\":{\"type\":\"\",\"name\":\"\",\"data\":[],\"id\":0}}' data-permalink=\"\/greatlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lecture\/59762?wpv_view_count=61885-CATTR15baa8629cffdacf5eee76ab26fbe8be\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n          <h2 class=\"lectureDate\">Lecture Date: February 18, 2016<\/h2>\n\n<h3>The Hirschler Fleischer Lecture<\/h3>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/156583954\" width=\"533\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Great Lives: Jesse Owens\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<div class=\"topicSummary\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/10\/Owens_Schaap-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium alignright\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/10\/Owens_Schaap-200x300.jpg 200w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/10\/Owens_Schaap-683x1024.jpg 683w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/10\/Owens_Schaap-760x1140.jpg 760w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/10\/Owens_Schaap.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\"><p>In 1936, against a backdrop of flying swastikas and goose-stepping storm troopers, an African American son of sharecroppers won an astonishing four Olympic gold medals, and in the process, single-handily crushed Hitler&rsquo;s myth of Aryan supremacy. The story of Jesse Owens at the 1936 games is that of a high-profile athlete giving a performance that transcends sports. But it is also the intimate and complex tale of the courage of one remarkable man and of what happens when sports and geopolitics collide on a world stage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"lectureSpeaker\" style=\"padding-top: 1em;\">Speaker: Jeremy Schaap<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speakerInfo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/10\/Schapp-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail alignleft\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/10\/Schapp-150x150.jpg 150w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/10\/Schapp-50x50.jpg 50w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/10\/Schapp-75x75.jpg 75w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/10\/Schapp.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\">\n<p>Jeremy Schaap is an alumnus of Cornell University and the son of legendary sports writer Dick Schaap. He is an eight-time Emmy award winner for his work on ESPN&rsquo;s SportsCenter and the author of Cinderella Man: James J. Braddock, Max Baer, and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History, which was a New York Times best-seller, in addition to Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler&rsquo;s Olympics. His work has been published in Sports Illustrated, ESPN the Magazine, Time, Parade, and the New York Times. According to author Jonathan Eig, &ldquo;Schaap is a wonderful storyteller, and, like Jesse Owens, he makes the astonishing look easy.&rdquo; According to Ken Burns, Schaap&rsquo;s book has added &ldquo;even more luster to the indelibly heroic achievements of Jesse Owens.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"season":[212],"class_list":{"0":"post-59762","1":"lecture","2":"type-lecture","3":"status-publish","5":"season-212","6":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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