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When:
02/05/2015 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
2015-02-05T16:00:00-08:00
2015-02-05T17:00:00-08:00
Where:
Western Washington University Academic Instruction, West 204
Western Washington University
516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
USA
Western Washington University
516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Western Reads/Whatcom READS!
Hitler sought to use the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin to convince the world’s people of the superiority of his political ideology and of the “Aryan” race. The success of some U.S. athletes, most notably sprinter Jesse Owens and the University of Washington crew – “the bys in the boat” – challenged Hitler’s carefully crafted narrative. Our expert panelists, Kevin Leonard, Sheila Webb, and Cornelius Partsch, will explore the relationships among politics, sports and popular culture in the US and the Third Reich.
