Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith, Dawud Anyabwile, and Derrick Barnes
Publication Information: New York, New York: Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company, September 2022
Summary:
On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans. Both men were forced to leave the Olympics, received death threats, and faced ostracism and continuing economic hardships. In his first-ever memoir for young readers, Tommie Smith looks back on his childhood growing up in rural Texas through to his stellar athletic career, culminating in his historic victory and Olympic podium protest.
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Links of Interest:
Author Interview: https://blogs.loc.gov/families/2022/09/victory-stand-meet-tommie-smith-human-rights-activist-at-the-1968-olympics/
US Olympic Museum: Tommie Smith :https://usopm.org/tommie-smith/
1968 Olympics Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ss6qavj29c
Cuban Enough: Our Culture is Not a Monolith: https://frolic.media/cuban-enough-by-laura-taylor-namey/