Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

Synopsis

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.

Top cast

Blair Underwood

Narrator (voice)

You Might Also Like

12 Mighty Orphans

2021★ 7.2

Misconception

2014★ 5.0

Who's Afraid of the Bogeyman

1989★ 10.0

Sport in America: Our Defining Stories