Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

The story of the African-American athletes at the 1936 Olympic Games. More

The story of the African-American Olympians who defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to win hearts and medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. The athletes represented a country that considered them second-class citizens and competed in a country that rolled out the red carpet for them despite an undercurrent of Aryan superiority and anti-Semitism.

AIR DATE 7/1/24