In this sports heroes worksheet, students read the clues about a famous African-American baseball player. Students fill in the blanks to break the code and use the code to name the mystery person - Jackie Robinson.

In this Olympics worksheet, learners challenge themselves to complete the Olympics vocabulary crossword puzzle by identifying the 16 words that are defined as clues.

In this famous people worksheet, students read a selection about Oscar Pistorius and complete a variety of comprehension activities including but not limited to a synonym match, spelling, writing and sequencing activities.

View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 2004 to commemorate Wilma Rudolph, the first African American woman to win three gold medals for track and field in a single Olympics. With a short biographical passage.

Joe Louis was the first African American sports hero. Here you can read about the life and career of the 1937-1949 world's heavyweight champion who is number eleven on ESPN's list of great athletes of the 20th century.

From ESPN, career and biographical highlights of legendary Giants outfielder, Willie Mays, who was named number eight on its list of greatest athletes of the 20th century.

Walter Payton holds the career record for most yards rushing in the NFL; that is one of the reasons ESPN choose him as the thirty ninth ranked best athlete of the century. Here you can get a glimpse of his many career highlights.

An ESPN article discusses how Jesse Owens proved Hitler wrong by winning the 1936 Olympics in Germany.

Jesse Owens' brief biography and pictures of his grave, including links to other websites about him.

Gibson was a woman of many firsts. She was the first black to compete at a national tennis tournament and then later at Wimbledon. She was the first black to win either and also won the French championship. This article discusses her...

This obituary of Jesse Owens, hero of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, was featured in the New York Times on April 1, 1980.