Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

Released on
Documentary, History
Runtime
90 mins
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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.

Cast

  • Blair Underwood

Director

  • Deborah Riley Draper

Producers

    Screenwriter

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