NITV airs doco that recalls Olympic pride, American prejudice

Glen Humphries
Updated July 30 2021 - 11:16am, first published 11:00am
ABOVE: Jesse Owens (centre) with some of his 1936 Olympic team-mates.
ABOVE: Jesse Owens (centre) with some of his 1936 Olympic team-mates.

OLYMPIC PRIDE, AMERICAN PREJUDICE

8.30pm, Saturday, NITV

When it comes to the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the story of Jesse Owens is the one people remember.

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Glen Humphries

Glen Humphries

Senior journalist

I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.