DocumentaryHistory
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
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Release2016→
Runtime1H 30M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
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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.
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Deborah Riley Draper
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PGKeywords
olympic gameswoman directorblack historyolympic athlete1930s
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