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Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Olympic Pride American Prejudice The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Author: Deborah Riley Draper, Blair Underwood, Travis Thrasher
Discover the astonishing, inspirational, and largely unknown true story of the eighteen African American athletes who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, defying the racism of both Nazi Germany and the Jim Crow South.  — Set against the turbulent backdrop of a segregated United States, sixteen black men and two black women were torn b...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781501162152
ISBN-10: 1501162152
Publication Date: 11/27/2018
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Atria Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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