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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 (Paperback)
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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 (Paperback)
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In this "must-read for anyone concerned with race, sports, and
politics in America" (William C. Rhoden, New York Times bestselling
author), the inspirational and largely unknown true story of the
eighteen African American athletes who competed in the 1936 Berlin
Olympic Games, defying the racism of both Nazi Germany and the Jim
Crow South. Set against the turbulent backdrop of a segregated
United States, sixteen Black men and two Black women are torn
between boycotting the Olympic Games in Nazi Germany or
participating. If they go, they would represent a country that
considered them second-class citizens and would compete amid a
strong undercurrent of Aryan superiority that considered them
inferior. Yet, if they stayed, would they ever have a chance to
prove them wrong on a global stage? Five athletes, full of
discipline and heart, guide you through this harrowing and
inspiring journey. There's a young and feisty Tidye Pickett from
Chicago, whose lithe speed makes her the first African American
woman to compete in the Olympic Games; a quiet Louise Stokes from
Malden, Massachusetts, who breaks records across the Northeast with
humble beginnings training on railroad tracks. We find Mack
Robinson in Pasadena, California, setting an example for his
younger brother, Jackie Robinson; and the unlikely competitor
Archie Williams, a lanky book-smart teen in Oakland takes home a
gold medal. Then there's Ralph Metcalfe, born in Atlanta and raised
in Chicago, who becomes the wise and fierce big brother of the
group. From burning crosses set on the Robinsons's lawn to a
Pennsylvania small town on fire with praise and parades when the
athletes return from Berlin, Olympic Pride, American Prejudice has
"done the world a favor by bringing into the sunlight the unknown
story of eighteen black Olympians who should never be forgotten.
This book is both beautiful and wrenching, and essential to
understanding the rich history of African American athletes" (Kevin
Merida, editor-in-chief of ESPN's The Undefeated).
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