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Laura Bush holds a degree in education from Southern Methodist University and a master’s degree in library science from the University of Texas

a Southern belle raising four young children in New York while her husband spent long stretches away with the Union Army

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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 Books - Other Recommended Reading He manipulatedIn this must read for anyone concerned with race, sports, and politics in America (William C. Rhoden, New York Times bestselling author), the inspirational and largely unknown true story of the eighteen African American athletes who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, defying the racism of both Nazi Germany and the Jim Crow South. Set against the turbulent backdrop of a segregated United States, sixteen Black men and two Black women are torn