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Aug 5, 2016 · 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.
Jul 1, 2024 · Olympic Pride, American Prejudice. Olympic Pride, American Prejudice. ... - My daddy took me to see the Movietone news version of the 1936 Olympics and I can remember going to a segregated movie ...
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The fearlessly blunt Olympic Pride, American Prejudice is freed from the crowd-pleasing constraints often imposed on the biopic genre. Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 5, 2016
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice (2015) Olympic Pride, American Prejudice (2015) View more photos Movie Info Synopsis The lives of the other 17 American black athletes who competed in the 1936 ...
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 ...
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice is a feature-length documentary set in the strained and turbulent atmosphere of a racially divided 1930s America, torn between boycotting Hitler's Olympics or participating in the Third Reich's grandest affair.
Aug 4, 2016 · From left, Mack Robinson, Dave Albritton, Jesse Owens, Cornelius Johnson and John Woodruff in “Olympic Pride, American Prejudice.” Credit... Ohio State University Archive/Coffee Bluff Pictures
