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The Berlin Olympics, 1936 : Black American athletes counter Nazi propaganda / by James P. Barry.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: GV722 1936 .B3 1975

Overview

Summary: Discusses the background and significance of events of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, emphasizing the effect of the black American athletes' victories on Hitler's theories of Nordic supremacy.
Series: World focus book
World focus book.
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Barry, James P.
Published: New York : F. Watts, 1975
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 79.

Physical Details

Language: English
ISBN: 0531010902
Physical Description: 85 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: Olympic Games--(11th :--1936 :--Berlin, Germany);--Juvenile literature. African American athletes--Juvenile literature.

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