Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
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Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

2016·90 min
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.
Genres:
Dokumentation·Geschichte
Originaltitel
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
Originalsprache
Englisch
Erscheinungsdatum
05.08.2016