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

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics audiobook runs 9.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Leon Nixon (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.2listening hrs
The Americasstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 9.2 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics is an audiobook by Deborah Riley Draper, Travis Thrasher and Blair Underwood: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Leon Nixon, released February 4, 2020, on the The Americas and Sports shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.2 hrs
Narrated by
Leon Nixon
Released
February 4, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
The Americas, Sports, Non-Fiction
ISBN
9781797105529

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How long is the Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics audiobook?

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.

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Who narrates Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics?

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics is narrated by Leon Nixon.