Jesse Owens, U.S. Olympic sprint and jumping star, takes a practice broad jump aboard the S.S. Manhattan at sea, while en route to Berlin, Germany, for the summer Olympics on July 27, 1936. (AP Photo/Joe Caneva)
Jesse Owens, U.S. Olympic sprint and jumping star, takes a practice broad jump aboard the S.S. Manhattan at sea, while en route to Berlin, Germany, for the summer Olympics on July 27, 1936. (AP Photo/Joe Caneva)