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The story of the African-American Olympians who defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to win hearts and medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.
1 day ago · Published July 5, 2024 at 11:47 AM PDT. American Public TV. "Olympic Pride, American Prejudice" explores the experiences of 18 African-American Olympians who defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to ...
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice. 1h 20m. The story of the African-American Olympians who defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to win hearts and medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. The athletes represented a country that considered them second-class citizens and competed in a country that rolled out the red carpet for them despite an ...
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice. The story of the African-American Olympians who defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to win hearts and medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. The athletes represented a country that considered them second-class citizens and competed in a country that rolled out the red carpet for them despite an undercurrent ...
The film contrasts the status of Black Americans at that moment in history—when personal and institutional racism kept Black Americans from having equal rights—with Hitler's and the Nazi Party's rise to power along with the upswing in antisemitism in Germany.
Discover the astonishing, inspirational, and largely unknown true story of the eighteen African American athletes who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, defying the racism of both Nazi Germany and the Jim Crow South.
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice. The story of the African-American Olympians who defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to win hearts and medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.
