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 - Books - Atria Books - 9781501162152 - February 4, 2020
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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

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

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.


400 pages, b&w photos thru-out

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released February 4, 2020
ISBN13 9781501162152
Publishers Atria Books
Pages 400
Dimensions 156 × 220 × 35 mm   ·   544 g
Language English