A review by juliebcooper
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympic by Deborah Riley Draper, Travis Thrasher, Blair Underwood

5.0

I’d heard about Jesse Owens, who hasn’t? And without diminishing his athleticism and triumphs, this book tells the story of the other African Americans who went to Berlin for the ‘36 Olympics. Who they were, how they got to the Olympics, what odds they overcame and still faced, and what life looked like after the medals and the fanfare died down. Highly recommended.