In 1936, 18 African American athletes dubbed the "black auxiliary" by Hitler defied Nazi Aryan Supremacy and Jim Crow Racism to win hearts and medals at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin. The world remembers Jesse Owens. But, Olympic Pride American Prejudice shows how all 18 are a seminal precursor to the modern Civil Rights Movement.
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice is a 2016 American documentary film written and directed by Deborah Riley Draper. Amy Tiemann, Michael A. Draper, and Blair Underwood were executive producers. The film premiered at the LA Film Festival in 2016.
