Jeremy Schaap speaks about Jesse Owens and Nazi Germany - 55:14 - Mar 22, 2007 - Videos

Jeremy Schaap is the ESPN national correspondent and author of the New York Times bestseller “Cinderella Man.” Schaap’s new book”Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler’s Olympics” is the remarkable behind-the-scenes story of a defining moment in sports and world history. In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers goose-stepping, an African-American son of sharecroppers won a staggering four Olympic gold medals and single-handedly crushed Hitler’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. Join Michael Coyne, professor of law and host of “Books of Our Time” as he sits down with Jeremy Schaap to explore this fascinating new book. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss. MSLAW videos are available from Google Video. To learn how to become a student at MSLAW- visit us at http://www.mslaw.edu/Admissions_Contact.htm

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