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    Olympic Pride, American Prejudice 2016 POSTER

    Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

    2016

    English

    7.3

    ♡ 4

    1930s

    Action

    black history

    Documentary

    History

    olympic athlete

    olympic games

    woman director

    Deborah Riley Draper Deborah Riley Draper Director Blair Underwood Blair Underwood as Narrator Carl Lewis Carl Lewis as Self Tommie Smith Tommie Smith as Self Isiah Thomas Isiah Thomas as Self
    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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