America Enters the Olympics

Learn More about this Historical Event: Amateur Athletic Union Says “Yes” to Berlin Olympics

• Nazi Olympics Berlin 1936 (Online Exhibition)
• The Nazi Olympics Berlin 1936 (Encyclopedia Article)
• The Movement to Boycott the Berlin Olympics of 1936 (Encyclopedia Article)
• The Nazi Olympics: African American Voices and “Jim Crow” America (Encyclopedia Article)
• 1936: Key Dates (Encyclopedia Article)

Bibliography

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Large, David Clay. Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936. New York: W.W. Norton, 2007.

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