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The John Carlos Story
The Sports Moment That Changed the World
By Carlos, John & Zirin, Dave
- ISBN
- 978-1-60846-127-1
- Publisher
- Haymarket
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Reviewed on August 1, 2011
At the 1968 summer Olympics, 200-meter gold medalist Tommie Smith and bronze medalist Carlos each raised a black-gloved fist on the podium in protest of the stalled progress of U.S. civil rights. The planned protest changed both of these men's lives. Smith and Carlos went on to remarkably similar careers, first in the NFL, then coaching/teaching. Smith told his story in Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith (200...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
