Marty Glickman Comments on 1936 Olympics
John Malveaux of
writes:
I
was blessed to attend multiple colleges on a track & field
scholarship to
eventually earn a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration after
several
interruptions to participate in the civil rights movement. I heard an
interview of Marty Glickman on NPR radio. Marty
Glickman was a Jewish American Olympic track athlete who was
unexpectedly dropped from the 1936 United
States Olympic relay team. The interview was held in the Berlin stadium
of the 1936 Olympic Games 50 years later with Mr. Glickman sharing his
inner past and present thoughts. My eyes fluttered with tears and I
contacted
Mr. Glickman in August 2000. We developed an instant rapport. The Long
Beach Central Area Association was
co-sponsor, with the City of Long Beach, of the annual Long Beach Martin
Luther
King Jr. Parade & Celebration. As President of LBCAA, we invited Mr.
Glickman to be honored during the 2001 Parade & Celebration. Mr.
Glickman was
83 year of age and reluctant to travel cross country but he accepted the
invitation. We scheduled a screening of the
documentary “Into the ARMS OF STRANGERS Stories of the Kindertransport
as a
fundraiser to offset Mr. Glickman’s expenses. Please see video and bio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F87h1vzv_vY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Glickman.
Local
media publicized inviting Mr. Glickman to Long Beach as a gesture to unify the
African American and Jewish communities. On December 12, 2000, the former
sprinter underwent heart surgery in New York City and died January 3, 2001. The
Long Beach Dr. King Parade & Celebration was scheduled January 13, 2001.
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