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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 by Deborah Riley Draper; Blair Underwood; Travis Thrasher is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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Discover the astonishing, inspirational, and largely unknown true story of the 18 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, 16 Black men and two Black women are torn between boycotting the Olympic Games in Nazi Germany or participating. If they go, they would represent a country that considered them second-class citizens and would compete amid a strong undercurrent of Aryan superiority that considered them inferior. Yet, if they stayed, would they ever have a chance to prove them wrong on a global stage? To be better than anyone ever expected?Five athletes, full of discipline and heart, guide listeners through this harrowing and inspiring journey. There’s a young and sometimes feisty Tidye Pickett from Chicago, whose lithe speed makes her the first African American woman to compete in the Olympic Games; a quiet Louise Stokes from Malden, Massachusetts, who breaks records across the Northeast with humble beginnings training on railroad tracks. We find Mack Robinson in Pasadena, California, setting an example for his younger b
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Deborah Riley Draper; Blair Underwood; Travis Thrasher
- Publisher
- Atria Books
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781501162176
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.8 / 5 (213 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14