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Olympic Pride, American Prejudice(2016)

Name: Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2016
Cast: Blair Underwood

90 min★ 7.0 TMDBDocumentaryHistory

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.

Directed byDeborah Riley Draper

Cast

Blair Underwood
Narrator (voice)

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