Editing Jesse Owens (section)

===Awards and tributes===
*1930: The city's athletic council voted him the most outstanding [[Middle school|junior high]] athlete.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Jesse Owens to Talk Here |url=https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=paa19510426-01.1.22&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------- |access-date=May 11, 2025 |website=NYS Historic Newspapers}}</ref>
*1936: The [[Associated Press]] named Owens the most outstanding athlete of the [[1936 United States Olympic trials (track and field)|Olympic Trials]].<ref name=":10" />
*1936: [[AP Athlete of the Year]] (Male)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jesse Owens Voted Year's Outstanding Performer in Sports by Associated Press |url=https://www.virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=CTV19361214.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- |access-date=May 11, 2025 |website=Virginia Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ngxJ7XqMqTEC&pg=PR19|title=Jesse Owens: A Biography|last=Edmondson|first=Jacqueline|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=2007|isbn=978-0-313-33988-2|location=Westport, CT|page=xix}}</ref>
*1936: Four [[Quercus robur|English oak]] saplings, one for each Olympic gold medal, from the [[German Olympic Sports Confederation|German Olympic Committee]], planted. One of the trees was planted at the [[University of Southern California]], one at Rhodes High School in Cleveland, where he trained, and one is rumored to be on the [[Ohio State University]] campus but has yet to be identified. The fourth tree was at the home of Jesse Owens's mother but was removed when the house was demolished.<ref>{{cite web |last=Deitch |first=Linda |url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/a-look-back/2011/10/did-jesse-owens-plant-a-tree-at-osu.html |title=Did Jesse Owens plant a tree at OSU? |work=The Columbus Dispatch |date=October 7, 2011 |access-date=August 5, 2013 |archive-date=November 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130082333/http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/a-look-back/2011/10/did-jesse-owens-plant-a-tree-at-osu.html }}</ref>
*1950: Voted the greatest black athlete of all time and the greatest track and field athlete for the first half of the century in a poll conducted by the [[Associated Press]].<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" />
*1950: At the 50th anniversary of the [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] Championships, Owens was unanimously named the top track athlete of the half-century and the only athlete selected for the all-star team in more than one individual event—earning spots in the [[100-yard dash]], [[200 metres|220-yard dash]], [[200 metres hurdles|220-yard low hurdles]], and [[long jump]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Big Ten Track Squad Selected – Team Marks 50 Years Of Outdoor Track |url=https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=DIL19500523.1.5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------- |access-date=May 16, 2025 |website=Illinois.edu}}</ref>
*1955: President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] honored Owens by naming him an "Ambassador of Sports".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-02-14 |title=A True American Hero - Jesse Owens |url=https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/sporting-heroes/jesse-owens/ |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=Black History Month 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
*1956: Owens was elected an honorary member of [[Ohio State University|OSU]]'s chapter of the Senior honor society Sphinx.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ohio State University Monthly March 1956 — Ohio State University Newspaper Archives |url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=OSUM195603-01.1.24&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=osupublicationarchives.osu.edu}}</ref>
*1959: Owens returned to [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] and was celebrated at the [[Drake Relays]] as the most outstanding athlete to compete in the first 50 years of the competition.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Sievers |first=Jeremy |date=2013-04-16 |title=Old School Photo: Drake Relays 1935 |url=https://news.drake.edu/2013/04/16/old-school-photo-drake-relays-1935/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Drake University Newsroom |language=en-US}}</ref>
*1965: The [[Ohio State University|Ohio State]] Alumni Association presented Owens with the Alumni Citizenship Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Past honorees {{!}} Alumni Association |url=https://www.osu.edu/alumni/about/ohio-state-alumni-awards/past-honorees |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=www.osu.edu |language=en}}</ref>
*1970: Receives [[Ohio State University|OSU]] Centennial Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tribute to Jesse Owens' Accomplishments, Page 13 |url=https://library.osu.edu/documents/university-archives/biographical_files/Owens_Jesse_3.pdf |access-date=May 11, 2025 |website=osu.edu}}</ref>
*1971: The [[Ivory Coast]] named the street on which the [[List of diplomatic missions of the United States#Africa|U.S. embassy]] is located "Rue Jesse Owens".<ref>{{Cite web |title=IVORY COAST: JESSE OWENS AND US AMBASSADOR ATTEND OPENING OF NEW US EMBASSY |url=https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/108084/ |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=British Pathé |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*1972: [[Ohio State University|The Ohio State University]] awarded Owens an honorary doctorate of athletic arts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-26 |title=OWENS, JESSE {{!}} Encyclopedia of Cleveland History {{!}} Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/o/owens-jesse |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=case.edu |language=en}}</ref>
*1974: The [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] presented Owens with the [[Theodore Roosevelt Award]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wiggins |first=David K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aYKsBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA272 |title=African Americans in Sports |date=2015-03-26 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-47744-0 |language=en}}</ref>
*1976: Awarded [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by President [[Gerald Ford]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/race/jesse-owens-timeline/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/race/jesse-owens-timeline/ |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Jesse Owens: the life and times of a 20th century icon|date=May 18, 2016|website=The Telegraph|access-date=June 14, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*1976: Recipient of the Silver [[Olympic Order]] for his quadruple victory in the 1936 games and his defense of sport and the ethics of sport.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://library.la84.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1976/ore107/ore107r.pdf|title=Olympic Awards|date=July 12, 1976|website=LA84 Foundation|access-date=June 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912060855/http://library.la84.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1976/ore107/ore107r.pdf|archive-date=September 12, 2016}}</ref>
*1978: Receives the [[Roy Wilkins]] Award from the [[NAACP]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESPN.com: An American hero |url=https://www.espn.com/sportscentury/features/00194717.html |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=www.espn.com}}</ref>
*1979: Awarded [[Library of Congress Living Legend|Living Legend Award]] by President [[Jimmy Carter]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jesseowensmemorialpark.com/wordpress1/life-after-berlin|title=Life After Berlin|website=Jesse Owens Memorial Park|date=December 15, 2012 |access-date=March 14, 2018}}</ref>
*1979: The [[Spirit of America Festival]] honored Owens with the Audie Murphy Patriotism Award.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Ronnie |date=2013-07-02 |title=Decorated vet bestowed Audie Murphy award |url=https://www.decaturdaily.com/news/local/decorated-vet-bestowed-audie-murphy-award/article_73bf17c9-a078-528c-ad65-8680b14f3af2.html |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=Decatur Daily |language=en}}</ref>
*1980: Asteroid newly discovered by [[Antonín Mrkos]] at the [[Kleť Observatory]] named [[6758 Jesseowens]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=6758|title=(6758) Jesseowens|website=International Astronomical Union|access-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref>
*1980: Jesse Owens Academy in [[Chicago]] was named in his honor, but it closed in 2013 and merged with Gompers Elementary. Following public outcry, the merged school was once again named after him.<ref>{{Cite web |last=rtmdjackson |date=2013-10-03 |title=The name Jesse Owens may grace Chicago school |url=https://chicagodefender.com/the-name-jesse-owens-may-grace-chicago-school/?amp=1 |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=Chicago Defender |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-23 |title=Olympic hero Jesse Owens’ name to go back on a CPS school |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2013/10/23/18604667/olympic-hero-jesse-owens-name-to-go-back-on-a-cps-school |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=Chicago Sun-Times |language=en}}</ref>
*1980: The [[Chicago Park District]] renamed Stony Island Park, Jesse Owens Park in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=JOPAC |url=http://www.jopac.org/ |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=www.jopac.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Owens (Jesse) Park {{!}} Chicago Park District |url=https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/owens-jesse-park |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=www.chicagoparkdistrict.com}}</ref>
*1980: Jesse Owens Park, in [[Tucson, Arizona]], is a center of local youth athletics there.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tucson.com/news/local/tucson-park-to-get-million-in-improvements-city-pools-free/article_2763007f-9e1d-5ef7-9838-4c683f825716.html|title=Tucson park to get $1 million in improvements; city pools free for kids this summer|last=Duarte|first=Carmen|date=May 26, 2017|work=Arizona Daily Star|access-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref>
*1980: The [[Ohio Stadium]] track and [[List of buildings at Ohio State University|University Recreation Centers]] were named after Owens.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ohio State University Monthly March 1984 — Ohio State University Newspaper Archives |url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=OSUM198403-01.2.15& |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=osupublicationarchives.osu.edu}}</ref>
*1981: [[USA Track and Field]] created the [[Jesse Owens Award]] which is given annually to the country's top track and field athlete.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?duid=USATF_2009_11_19_13_34_17|title=Gay, Richards win 2009 Jesse Owens Awards|date=November 19, 2009|website=USA Track and Field|access-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref>
*1981: The International Athletic Association has annually presented the [[Jesse Owens International Trophy]], with the exception of a ten-year break from 2004 to 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-01-28 |title=Usain Bolt, Messi, Phelps, LeBron among finalists for Prestigious Jesse Owens International Award - Trackalerts.com, track and field news website |url=https://trackalerts.com/2014/01/usain-bolt-messi-phelps-lebron-among-finalists-for-prestigious-jesse-owens-international-award/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |language=en}}</ref>
*1982: In [[Cleveland]], Ohio, a statue of Owens in his Ohio State track suit was installed at Fort Huntington Park, west of the [[Cuyahoga County Courthouse|old Courthouse]].<ref>[http://www.positivelycleveland.com/soulofcleveland Soul of Cleveland website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722234920/http://www.positivelycleveland.com/soulofcleveland/ |date=July 22, 2012 }} Last retrieved January 31, 2009.</ref>
*1982: The [[Big Ten Athlete of the Year]] award is named in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jesse Owens Male Athlete of the Year |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930093416/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/genrel/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/aoy_2013.pdf |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>
*1983: Track and field stadium at [[California State University, Los Angeles|Cal State Los Angeles]] is named in Owens's honor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jesse Owens Track |url=https://lagoldeneagles.com/facilities/jesse-owens-track/3 |access-date=March 13, 2023 |website=California State University}}</ref>
*1984: Street south of the [[Olympiastadion (Berlin)|Olympic Stadium in Berlin]] renamed Jesse-Owens-Allee<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":13">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/11/world/berliners-hail-togetherness-and-jesse-owens.html|title=Berliners Hail Togetherness and Jesse Owens|last=Markham|first=James M.|date=1984|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/did-hitler-really-snub-jesse-owens-4064326|title=Did Hitler Really Snub Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics?|last=Flippo|first=Hyde|date=March 6, 2017|website=ThoughtCo|access-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref>
*1984: For his contribution to sports in Los Angeles, Owens was honored with a [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]] [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum#"Court of Honor" plaques|"Court of Honor"]] plaque by the Coliseum commissioners.<ref>[http://www.lacoliseum.com/pages/memcourt.shtml "Los Angeles Coliseum Court of Honor Plaques"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308110835/http://www.lacoliseum.com/pages/memcourt.shtml|date=March 8, 2010}} on the Coliseum website</ref>
*1984: Secondary school Jesse Owens Realschule/Oberschule in [[Berlin-Lichtenberg|Lichtenberg]], Berlin named for Owens.<ref name=":2" />
*1987: [[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation|NYC Parks]] named the playground at Stuyvesant and Lafayette Avenues the Jesse Owens Playground.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jesse Owens Playground Highlights : NYC Parks |url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/jesse-owens-playground/history |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=www.nycgovparks.org}}</ref>
*March 28, 1990: Posthumously presented a [[Congressional Gold Medal]] by President [[George H. W. Bush]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/29/sports/sports-people-track-and-field-bush-awards-owens-his-fifth-gold-medal.html|title=Sports People: Track and Field; Bush Awards Owens His Fifth Gold Medal|date=1990|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jesse Owens’ Congressional Gold Medal, Posthumously Presented by George H.W. Bush |url=https://www.thepromiseofliberty.org/entire-collection/p/27857-97w6k-37dx7-75p2e-53y5m-drdst-jmdm9-cez2g-c9a7x |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=The Promise of Liberty |language=en-US}}</ref>
*1990 and 1998: Two U.S. [[postage stamps]] have been issued to honor Owens, one in each year.<ref name=":2" />
*1996: Owens's hometown of [[Oakville, Alabama]], dedicated the [https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/jesse-owens-memorial-park/ Jesse Owens Memorial Park and Museum] along with a statue in his honor at the same time that the [[Olympic torch]] came through the community, 60 years after his Olympic wins. An article in the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' of June 7, 1996, covered the event and included this inscription written by poet [[Charles Ghigna]] that appears on a bronze plaque at the park:<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://jesseowensmemorialpark.com/wordpress1/wp-content/na/072%20Two%20Black%20Olympians%20Are%20Given%20Their%20Due_Decades%20After%20Winning%20Gold_June_7_1996.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615212135/http://jesseowensmemorialpark.com/wordpress1/wp-content/na/072%20Two%20Black%20Olympians%20Are%20Given%20Their%20Due_Decades%20After%20Winning%20Gold_June_7_1996.pdf |archive-date=June 15, 2016 |url-status=live|title=Belatedly, Grudgingly, Two Black Olympians Are Given Their Due|date=June 7, 1996|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=June 14, 2018|publisher=Jesse Owens Memorial Park}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jesseowensmemorialpark.com/wordpress1/wp-content/na/111%20Inscription%20on%20Jesse%20Owens%20Statue.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809090015/http://jesseowensmemorialpark.com/wordpress1/wp-content/na/111%20Inscription%20on%20Jesse%20Owens%20Statue.pdf |archive-date=August 9, 2016 |url-status=live|title=Inscription on Jesse Owens Statue|website=Jesse Owens Memorial Park|access-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jesse Owens statue dedicated in Ala. |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/06/30/Jesse-Owens-statue-dedicated-in-Ala/1225836107200/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref>

{{poemquote|
May this light shine forever
as a symbol to all who run
for the freedom of sport,
for the spirit of humanity,
for the memory of Jesse Owens.}}

* 1999: Ranked the sixth greatest North American athlete of the twentieth century and the highest-ranked in his sport by [[ESPN]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/sportscentury/athletes.html|title=Top N. American athletes of the century|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|publisher=ESPN|access-date=March 23, 2014}}</ref>
*1999: On the six-man shortlist for the BBC's [[BBC Sports Personality of the Century#Sports Personality of the Century Award|Sports Personality of the Century]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/561352.stm|title=Ali crowned Sportsman of Century|date=December 13, 1999|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|access-date=March 30, 2017}}</ref>
*2001: [[Ohio State University]] dedicated [[Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium]] for track and field events. A sculpture honoring Owens occupies a place of honor in the esplanade leading to the rotunda entrance to Ohio Stadium. Owens competed for the Buckeyes on the track surrounding the football field that existed prior to the 2001 expansion of Ohio Stadium. The campus also houses three recreational centers for students and staff named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.recsports.osu.edu/ |title=Get caught |publisher=Ohio State Recreational Sports |access-date=August 31, 2010 |archive-date=September 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902072008/https://recsports.osu.edu/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2002: Scholar [[Molefi Kete Asante]] listed Owens on his list of [[100 Greatest African Americans]].<ref>Asante, Molefi Kete (2002). ''100 Greatest African Americans: A Biographical Encyclopedia''. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books. {{ISBN|1-57392-963-8}}.</ref>
* 2005: Posthumously receives the [[World Athletics|IAAF]] Golden Order of Merit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Owens posthumously awarded IAAF Golden Order of Merit |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/news/owens-posthumously-awarded-iaaf-golden-order?urlSlug=owens-posthumously-awarded-iaaf-golden-order&type=news |access-date=May 13, 2025 |website=World Athletics}}</ref>
*2009: At the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics|2009 World Athletic Championships]] in Berlin, all members of the United States Track and Field team wore badges with "JO" on them to commemorate Owens's victories in the same stadium 73 years before.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=53668.html |title=12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics – Berlin 2009 – Owens and Long families to meet at Owens exhibition in Berlin |publisher=Berlin.iaaf.org |access-date=June 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105140826/http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind%3D100/newsid%3D53668.html |archive-date=November 5, 2010 }}</ref>
*2009: The [[Drake Relays]] honored Owens as the Athlete of the Century.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-03-14 |title=Owens and Jones are honored as Drake Athletes of the Century |url=https://www.postbulletin.com/news/owens-and-jones-are-honored-as-drake-athletes-of-the-century |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=Rochester Post Bulletin |language=en}}</ref>
*2010: [[Ohio Historical Society]] proposed Owens as a finalist from a statewide vote for inclusion in [[Statuary Hall]] at the [[United States Capitol]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.osu.edu/news/2009/11/06/newsitem2595/|title=Ohio State leads effort on behalf of alumnus Jesse Owens|date=November 6, 2009|work=The Ohio State University|access-date=June 14, 2018|archive-date=June 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614144218/https://news.osu.edu/news/2009/11/06/newsitem2595/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*November 15, 2010: The city of [[Cleveland]] renamed East Roadway, between Rockwell and Superior avenues in [[Public Square, Cleveland|Public Square]], Jesse Owens Way.<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_localcle/20101115/ts_yblog_localcle/jesse-owens-new-mark-on-cleveland Jesse Owens's new mark on Cleveland]. News.yahoo.com. Retrieved on September 15, 2011. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119025927/http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_localcle/20101115/ts_yblog_localcle/jesse-owens-new-mark-on-cleveland |date=November 19, 2010}}</ref>
*2011: [[Ohio State University]] paid tribute to Owens by unveiling the Jesse Owens Memorial Statue outside the [[Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ohio State Unveils Jesse Owens Memorial Statue – Ohio State Buckeyes |url=https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/news/2011/4/21/ohio-state-unveils-jesse-owens-memorial-statue |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Ohio State |language=en}}</ref>
*2011: In the [[Big Ten Icons]] countdown of the Top 50 Athletes on the [[Big Ten Network]], Owens was ranked the third greatest athlete in [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The One and Only Jesse Owens is Big Ten Icon No. 3 – Ohio State Buckeyes |url=https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/news/2011/2/18/the-one-and-only-jesse-owens-is-big-ten-icon-no-3 |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=Ohio State |language=en}}</ref>
*2012: 80,000 individual pixels in the audience seating area were used as a giant video screen to show footage of Owens running around the stadium in the [[2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|London 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony]], just after the [[2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics cauldron|Olympic cauldron]] had been lit.<ref name="DVDcomm">[[Danny Boyle]] and [[Frank Cottrell Boyce]], the director and writer of the ceremony, in their audio commentary track to the BBC DVD of the entire opening ceremony</ref>
*2012: The Jesse Owens Room, named in his honor at the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] campus in [[Indianapolis]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=NCAA National Office |url=https://www.ncaa.org/sports/2021/2/9/ncaa-national-office.aspx |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=NCAA.org |language=en}}</ref>
*2016: A portion of [[List of highways numbered 36#United States|Highway 36]] beginning at I-65 Exit 328 and ending at the [[Lawrence County, Alabama|Lawrence County]] line just west of [[Danville, Alabama|Danville]] was renamed Jesse Owens Parkway.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reports |first=Staff |date=2016-05-25 |title=Alabama highway will be dedicated to Jesse Owens |url=https://enewscourier.com/2016/05/25/alabama-highway-will-be-dedicated-to-jesse-owens/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Athens The News Courier |language=en}}</ref>
*2016: The Jesse Owens Olympic Spirit Award is presented annually by the [[United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee|U.S. Olympic Committee]] to recognize those who have served as an inspiration in society.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-09-22 |title=Ali honored posthumously with 1st Owens Award |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/17607131/first-jesse-owens-award-goes-posthumously-muhammad-ali |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>
*2017: Inaugural recipient of the [[Amateur Athletic Union|AAU]] Gussie Crawford Lifetime Achievement Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AAU Crawford Award {{!}} AAU |url=https://www.aausports.org/aau-crawford-award/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=www.aausports.org |language=en}}</ref>
*July 2018: Ohio governor [[John Kasich]] dedicated the 75th state park Jesse Owens State Park. It is located on [[American Electric Power|AEP]] reclaimed mining land south of Zanesville, OH.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ohiodnr.gov/news/post/kasich-opens-jesse-owens-state-park-and-wildlife-area|title=Kasich Opens Jesse Owens State Park and Wildlife Area&nbsp;– News from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources|website=ohiodnr.gov|language=en-US|access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref>
*2021: A horticulturally propagated tree from the original Jesse Owens Olympic Oak was planted by the [[Rockefeller Park]] Lagoon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jesse Owens Plaza in Rockefeller Park to Be Dedicated {{!}} CoolCleveland |url=https://coolcleveland.com/2023/09/jesse-owens-plaza-in-rockefeller-park-to-be-dedicated/#:~:text=Back%20in%202021,%20the%20Jesse,later%20The%20Ohio%20State%20University. |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=coolcleveland.com}}</ref> In 2022, another was planted beside the original tree at [[James Ford Rhodes High School]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jesse Owens Olympic Oak Tree Continues to take Root this Fall with New Documentary and Grafted Sapling Next to Site of Original Tree » HF&G |url=https://holdenfg.org/news/owens-olympic-oak-documentary/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Holden Forests & Gardens |language=en-US}}</ref>
*2023: The team at University Circle Inc. dedicated the Jesse Owens Olympic Oak Plaza in [[Rockefeller Park]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lardakis |first=David |date=2023-09-26 |title=A Story for the Ages Lives On: The Jesse Owens Olympic Oak Plaza Dedication » Trees, Urban Forestry » HF&G |url=https://holdenfg.org/blog/a-story-for-the-ages-lives-on-the-jesse-owens-olympic-oak-plaza-dedication/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Holden Forests & Gardens |language=en-US}}</ref>
*2024: Posthumously received the ''Olympians for Life'' award by [[World Olympians Association]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jesse Owens and Luz Long among 5 awarded Olympians for Life by WOA Patron Prince Albert |url=https://olympians.org/news/1869/jesse-owens-and-luz-long-among-5-awarded-olympians-for-life-by-woa-patron-prince-albert/ |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=olympians.org |language=en}}</ref>
*2024: Named the greatest U.S. [[Summer Olympic Games|Summer Olympic]] athlete of all time by [[The Sporting News|''The Sporting News'']].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-25 |title=Why Jesse Owens is Sporting News' choice as greatest U.S. Summer Olympics athlete of all time {{!}} Sporting News |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/olympics/news/jesse-owens-greatest-us-summer-olympics-athlete/6d4c5cc7e02d32db171c76a6 |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=www.sportingnews.com |language=en-us}}</ref>
*2024: A plaque in honor of Owens' track and field accomplishments on the [[Jesse Owens#Day_of_days|Day of days]] is dedicated outside the [[University of Michigan]]'s [[Ferry Field]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hamilton |first=Jacob |title=New Jesse Owens plaque dedicated outside University of Michigan’s Ferry Field on Thursday, May 9 2024. |url=https://www.mlive.com/galleries/TBBVUZMXEFBTNM55HHQ5GHY37M/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=mlive |language=en}}</ref>
*2024: The former home of Owens was unanimously approved to become a [[Cleveland]] [[landmark]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jesse Owens house in Fairfax named Cleveland Landmark {{!}} Cleveland City Council |url=https://www.clevelandcitycouncil.org/jesse-owens-house-fairfax-named-cleveland-landmark |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=www.clevelandcitycouncil.org |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Phoenix, Arizona]] named the Jesse Owens Medical Centre in his honor,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/the-doctor-is-out-south-phoenixs-jesse-owens-center-plans-to-eliminate-trauma-treatment-6426241|title=The Doctor is Out South Phoenix's Jesse Owens Center Plans to Eliminate Trauma Treatment|last=Pasztor|first=David|date=September 15, 1993|work=Phoenix New Times|access-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref> as well as Jesse Owens Parkway.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.azfamily.com/story/34307530/pd-phoenix-man-charged-with-manslaughter-had-369-bac|title=PD: Phoenix man charged with manslaughter had .369 BAC|date=January 21, 2017|work=azfamily.com|access-date=June 14, 2018|archive-date=June 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614144415/http://www.azfamily.com/story/34307530/pd-phoenix-man-charged-with-manslaughter-had-369-bac|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation|LA County Parks and Recreation]] renamed Sportsman Park to Jesse Owens Park in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-11 |title=Los Angeles County - Parks & Recreation |url=https://parks.lacounty.gov/jesse-owens-community-regional-park/ |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=Los Angeles County - Parks & Recreation |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[List of public elementary schools in New York City#Region 8: Brooklyn|P.S. 26]] in [[Brooklyn]], New York is named the Jesse Owens School.<ref>{{Cite web |title=16K026 The Jesse Owens School |url=https://www.jesseowensps26.org/ |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=16K026 The Jesse Owens School |language=en-US}}</ref>