Part 2 of 2 blacks Eighteen athletes represented the United States at the Olympic Games in 1936 - three times as many had competed for the United States in 1932 Games in Los Angeles. Afro-Americans dominate the popular athletics events, and eventually black athletes at home 14 medals, nearly a quarter of the 56 medals, the U.S. team in all events. Many American journalists hailed the victories of Jesse Owens and other blacks as a blow to the Nazi myth of Aryan superiority.But, given the continuing social and economic discrimination against blacks medal winners on the way home, he pointed out the irony of their victory in racist Germany. In this video, athlete John Woodruff, Professor David Wiggins, professor Clayborne Carson, and author Jeremy Schaap about the history of blacks in American sports and athletes the importance of their achievements at the Olympic Games in 1936 to reflect. For more information about the 1936 Olympics, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museumwww.ushmm.org
Keywords: Nazi, Olympics, Holocaust, USHMM, Owens, Metcalfe, Carson, Schaap, Wiggins, Sports
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