TY  - BOOK
AU  - Young,Andrew
AU  - Shelton,Paula Young
AU  - James,Gordon C.
TI  - Just like Jesse Owens
SN  - 9780545554657
PY  - 2022///
KW  - Young, Andrew,
KW  - Owens, Jesse,
KW  - Olympic Games
KW  - (11th
KW  - 1936
KW  - Berlin, Germany)
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Racism
KW  - United States
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Creative nonfiction
KW  - Picture books
N2  - As a boy, Andrew Young learned a vital lesson from his parents when a local chapter of the Nazi party instigated racial unrest in their hometown of New Orleans in the 1930s. While Hitler's teachings promoted White supremacy, Andrew's father, told him that when dealing with the sickness of racism, Don't get mad, get smart. To drive home this idea, Andrew Young Senior took his family to the local movie house to see a newsreel of track star Jesse Owens racing toward Olympic gold, showing the world that the best way to promote equality is to focus on the finish line. The teaching of his parents, and Jesse Owens' example, would be the guiding principles that shaped Andrew's beliefs in nonviolence and built his foundation as a civil rights leader and advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
ER  -