On Hand

Why Detroit's Olympic Bids Failed


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One of the Detroit's Olympic bids unfolded right in 1963 - right alongside the Civil Rights Movement.  While one group saw an opportunity to brandish the city's glory, another feared an oversight of racial oppression and unrest. Detroit's Olympic Uprising, a new documentary from Detroit filmmaker Aaron Schillinger,  documents what happened when the two groups collided. 

Detroit's Olympic Uprising will air on FOX 2 News on Saturday, August 3, at 2 p.m. Hear April Baer's conversation with Schillinger and two University of Michigan professors who offered their expertise for the film on the Stateside Podcast.

GUESTS ON THIS EPISODE:

  • Aaron Schillinger, Detroit filmmaker

  • Stefan Szymanski, Professor of Sport Management at the University of Michigan

  • Silke-Maria Weineck, Professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan

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