Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
- Media type
- Film
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice · Olympic Pride, American Prejudice · MOVIE
Documentary, History 2016
About this title
In 1936, 18 African American athletes dubbed the "black auxiliary" by Hitler defied Nazi Aryan Supremacy and Jim Crow Racism to win hearts and medals at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin. The world remembers Jesse Owens. But, Olympic Pride American Prejudice shows how all 18 are a seminal precursor to the modern Civil Rights Movement.