5. 8. 19 U. S. HISTORY THROUGH FILM. ON THIS DAY: 1886 - Pharmacist Dr 5.8.19 U. S. HISTORY THROUGH FILM ON THIS DAY: 1886 - Pharmacist Dr. John Styth Pemberton invented what would later be called "Coca-Cola.“ 1914 - The U.S. Congress passed a Joint Resolution that designated the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day. 1945 –VE Day U.S. President Harry Truman announced that World War II had ended in Europe. 1958 - U.S. President Eisenhower ordered the National Guard out of Little Rock as Ernest Green became the first black to graduate from an Arkansas public school. 1959 - Mike and Marian Ilitch founded "Little Caesars Pizza Treat". 1960 - Diplomatic relations between Cuba and the Soviet Union resumed. 1973 - Militant American Indians who had held the South Dakota hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrendered.     BELL WORK: DO YOU THINK THE U.S. SHOULD HAVE BOYCOTTED THE 1936 OLYMPIC GAMES IN GERMANY? EXPLAIN BE SURE YOU ARE FILLING-IN YOUR 6 SQUARE SHEET. AGENDA: FINISH THE MOVIE RACE & 6 SQUARE SHEET. COMPLETE & TURN IN 6 SQUARE SHEET. SOUNDTRACK SONG:

Race RACE IS THE STORY OF JESSE OWENS, ONE OF THE GREATEST TRACK STARS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, AND HIS EXPERIENCES AT THE NAZI GERMANY OLYMPICS OF 1936.

1935 JESSE WAS PART OF THE FIRST INTEGRATED TRACK PROGRAM IN THE US. Coach Larry Snyder- OSU 1932-1965 JESSE WAS PART OF THE FIRST INTEGRATED TRACK PROGRAM IN THE US. HE WAS A MAJOR STAR AT THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE IN 1935., WHERE HE SET THREE RECORDS AND MATCHED ANOTHER IN 45 MINUTES.

1936 Olympics Ralph Metcalfe and Frank Wykoff HE QUALIFIED FOR THE 1936 US OLYMPIC TRACK TEAM, WITH DAVE ALBRITTON, MACK ROBINSON*, MARTY GLICKMAN AND SAM STOLLER, AMONG OTHERS. MARTY GLICKMAN AND SAM STOLLER WERE PULLED FROM THE 4X 100 M RELAY AT THE LAST MINUTE BECAUSE THEY WERE JEWISH AND REPLACED WITH RALPH METCALFE AND JESSE OWENS. Mack Robinson was Jackie Robinson’s older brother. He got a silver in the 200

1936 Olympics THE WHOLE OLYMPICS WERE CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE THEY WERE IN BERLIN, SPONSORED BY NAZI GERMANY. GERMANY HAD BEEN UNDER THE RULE OF ADOLPH HITLER FOR 3 YEARS, AND HE WANTED THE OLYMPICS TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO SHOW OFF THE WAYS HE HAD MADE GERMANY GREAT AGAIN AND HIS IDEAS ABOUT ARYAN RACIAL SUPERIORITY AND ANTI- SEMITISM. GERMANY HAD BEEN CHOSEN IN 1931, WELL BEFORE THE NAZIS HAD TAKEN THE GOVERNMENT OVER. HITLER AND HIS BELIEFS HAD CLOUDED THE INTERNATIONAL OPINION ABOUT THE OLYMPICS BEING IN GERMANY AND MANY COUNTRIES HAD THREATENED TO BOYCOTT BECAUSE OF HITLER’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS JEWS AND BLACKS. (HE DIDN’T WANT EITHER GROUP TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES AT THE GAMES)

1936 Olympics HITLER WAS VERY FOCUSED ON KEEPING RECORDS OF ALL OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS. HE HIRED A CINEMATOGRAPHER TO MAKE “DOCUMENTARIES” OF HIS POLITICAL RALLIES AND THE OLYMPICS. HER NAME WAS LENI RIEFENSTAHL. SHE BELIEVED THAT HER WORK WAS IMPORTANT AND REJECTED CRITICISM ABOUT THE NATURE OF HER WORK.

Other important characters in the film- AVERY BRUNDAGE- PRESIDENT OF THE INT. OLYMPIC COMMITTEE JOSEPH GOEBBELS- MINISTER OF PROPAGANDA

Other important characters in the film- JUDGE JEREMIAH MAHONEY- HEAD OF EFFORTS TO BOYCOTT OLYMPICS DAVE ALBRITTON, TEAMMATE

Jesse Owens JESSE MET HIS FUTURE WIFE, MINNIE RUTH, WHEN THEY WERE IN JUNIOR HIGH. HE WAS 15 AND SHE WAS 13. THEY HAD THEIR FIRST DAUGHTER, GLORIA, IN 1932 AND MARRIED IN 1935. THEY WERE TOGETHER UNTIL HIS DEATH FROM LUNG CANCER IN 1980.

Jesse and Ruth