Why Detroit's Olympic Bids Failed

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 --- Looking for more conversations from Stateside? Right this way. If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work. Music in this episode by Blue Dot Sessions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.