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Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

  • August 2016
  • 1hr

    30mins

  • Documentary
  • History
  • Directed by

    Deborah Riley Draper,

    Starring

    Blair Underwood,

    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.