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

This is the story of eighteen Black Americans – sixteen men and two women – who were torn between boycotting the 1936 Olympic Games in Nazi Germany or taking part. Going would mean representing a country where segregation meant they were treated as second-class citizens. But keeping away would deny them the chance to shine on a global stage and overturn the appalling narrative of Aryan superiority. This harrowing and inspiring story reveals how the athletes delivered where and when it really mattered and the discrimination they battled in Hitler’s Germany and Jim-Crow era America.

Format: Kindle Edition, Hardcover & Paperback

Paperback: 400 Pages

Language: English