Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

Name: Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2016
Rating: 7.0

2016· 1h 30m

DocumentaryHistory

Directed by Deborah Riley Draper

7.0/ 10

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Overview

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.