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Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

70.00% | August 5, 2016 | Documentary, History

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.

Featured Crew

Deborah Riley Draper
Director
Blair Underwood
Executive Producer

Cast

Blair Underwood
Blair Underwood
Narrator (voice)

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