Today is the last day of National Women’s History Month. For many, it marks another day of staying at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
But to wrap up the month with a bit of intersectional African American and women’s history, there’s a book where one can find the untold story of those who challenged Jim Crow laws and Adolf Hitler to compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
“Olympic Pride,” by Atlanta-based filmmaker Deborah Riley Draper and author Travis Thrasher, may make for an inspiring read. It’s also been adapted into a movie.
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