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
Draper, Deborah Riley2021
Books, Manuscripts
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.
Main title:
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, Blair Underwood, Travis Thrasher.
Author:
Imprint:
New York : Atria Books, 2021.
Collation:
400 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781501162169 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.4808996073009043796.48
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3159952