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Tommie Smith of the 'Back power' salute ! Mexico City 1968 Olympic 200 meter champion & first man to run under 20 seconds for 200 !
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Tommie Smith (born June 6, 1944)[1] is an American former track & field athlete and wide receiver in the American Football League. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Smith won the 200-meter dash finals and gold medal in 19.83 seconds – the first time the 20-second barrier was broken legally. His Black Power salute with John Carlos atop the medal podium caused controversy at the time as it was seen as politicizing the Olympic Games. It remains a symbolic moment in the history of the American Civil…
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The iconic gesture enters a new kind of history: art history
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The Angry Black Athlete Newsweek; July 15, 1968
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He may have held 11 world records and an Olympic gold medal, but Tommie Smith is more famous and longer-remembered for something he did off the track.
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Blazing Quarter-Miler / Tommie Smith of San Jose
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Wikipedia article about Tommie Smith
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American football players have been joining San Francisco 49ers star Colin Kaepernick's protest against inequality by raising their fists. But what does this mean?
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In 1968, two black Olympic athletes protested during the “Star-Spangled Banner.” Few understood the message they were trying to send.
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Peniel Joseph writes that from Jackie Robinson to Bill Russell to Muhammad Ali, political athletes have become our heroes.
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Tommie Smith 1968
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A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.
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Tommie Smith and John Carlos
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Forty years after John Lennon and Yoko Ono's first "bed-in for peace," a look back at some of the most iconic acts of peaceful resistance
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Sometimes photographs deceive. Take this one, for example. It represents John Carlos and Tommie Smiths rebellious gesture the day they won medals for the 200 meters at the 1968 Summer Olympics in...
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50 years ago today Tommie Smith and John Carlos took a stand and raised their fists during the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City This will always be one of our favorite moments and favorite pins
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