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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 / Deborah Riley Draper and Travis Thrasher.

Summary:

"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." -- Publisher annotation.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1501162152
  • ISBN: 9781501162152
  • Physical Description: x, 388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Atria Books edition
  • Publisher: New York : Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2020.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject:
Metcalfe, Ralph H.
Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980.
Williams, Archie, 1915-1993.
Woodruff, John, 1915-2007.
Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)
African American athletes > Social conditions > 20th century.
Genre:
Biographies.

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