Everyone loves a winner. Professional sports has the unique aspect of drawing people together from across the country. Important games and sport events provide much of the entertainment for the early 20th century. People tuned in to watch or listen to their favorite athletes compete. Sports pushed Americans to accept blacks in the same locker rooms, playing fields, and arenas. White America could not deny the talents of blacks when it came to athletics. Blacks talented enough to integrate white dominate sports league, transcended race relations in America. Sports provided African Americans with an opportunity for a higher public profile. Black athletes used their platform as symbols of change for the African American community. There are some prolific cases were athletics pushed the American mind set on race relations such as Jackie Robinson, Jesse Owens and Muhammad Ali but, there also numerous athletes who had just as great as impact on American’s race relations. The 1952 Helsinki Olympics featured many black athletes showcasing their skills on the highest stage.  Blacks had always competed in the Olympics well before their integration in public spaces. The Olympics was one of the few places blacks could compete with whites on an equal playing field. Millions of people across the world watch athletes from different countries compete in various sports. A nation’s pride and joy is put into these athletes competing in their respective field. To see a person of color represent the United States at the leading international sporting event was a monumental feat. Athletes such as Mae Faggs, Catherine Hardy, Barbara Jones, Andy Stanfield and Harrison Dillard just to name a few competed and won at the highest level of completion. These athletes represented their country on the highest stage and in their own right broke barriers for African Americans. In addition, the Olympic Games have always been an event for making political statements. The 1952 Helsinki Olympics was a turning point for the world and the nation. World War II had ended a couple years prior, and African Americans were desperate for social justice. Having fought against tyranny in Germany and Japan blacks came home expecting social equity. The Cold War which also began during the time of the 1952 Helsinki Olympics challenged America’s ideology on democracy. Americans fought against Communism but practiced unjust racial segregation. These tensions where spilled over into Olympics when the Soviets athletes were segregated from their peers. The United States versus Soviet Union was the main headline for the 1952 Olympics. But in the midst of the competition blacks were fighting their own fight for social justice. The African American athletes’ performances went on to show a nation that blacks were equal to their white counterparts. Thus, by competing at the highest level and winning it challenged and dethrone the idea of white supremacy. White America could support a black athlete representing their nation but not in their own class rooms. Brown v. Topeka Board of Education decision was a serious of cases that ended in a unanimous decision by the Supreme Court to end segregation in schools. The Olympics as well and sports events are a form of mass media. People look to their favorite athletes for guidance. The mindset of Americans where changing. Sports was to be guinea pig for integration for blacks. In my research with Dr. Porter this summer we have concluded that not only sports but specially the 1952 Olympics subconsciously affected the Brown v. Topeka Board of Education decision.