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Olympic anti-racism icon Tommie Smith sees no successors
AFP via Yahoo Sports· 2 weeks agoFamed Olympics protestor Tommie Smith believes modern athletes are less political than before...
Olympic legend Tommie Smith comes to Paris to share stories of triumph and revolt
RFI via Yahoo Sports· 2 weeks agoSuch is the aura of the 1968 Olympic 200 metres gold medallist Tommie Smith that sports historians...
Olympic great Tommie Smith tells Paris crowd he still fights for civil rights long after raised fist
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe audience in Paris stood to applaud Tommie Smith, more than 50 years after he took a stand for...
Olympics medalist Tommie Smith is up for National Book Award
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA picture story co-authored by Olympic gold medalist Tommie Smith and a novel by Nobel laureate Olga...
Malcolm Gladwell podcast examines iconic 1968 Olympic protest and its San Jose roots
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMalcolm Gladwell's latest podcast "Legacy of Speed" focuses on the story behind the famous photo of...
Still ‘in the midst of a struggle,’ NAACP honors John Carlos, Tommie Smith in Sacramento
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJohn Carlos wore a necklace with a Black fist pendant over his tie and dress shirt Saturday — the...
Jim Hines, Olympic 100m gold medalist and first to break 10 seconds, dies
NBC Sports via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoJim Hines, a 1968 Olympic 100m gold medalist and the first person to break 10 seconds in the event,...
Jim Hines, first man to break 10-second barrier in 100-meter dash, dies at 76
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoAmerican sprinter and 1968 Olympic gold medalist Jim Hines died Saturday, according to a news...
When L.A. track stars Quincy Watts and Kevin Young set the gold standard 30 years ago
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAmericans Quincy Watts, right and Steve Lewis embrace after finishing first and second,...
Generational civil rights leaders gather on UC Berkeley panel to pass baton
NBC Sports BayArea via Yahoo Sports· 4 months agoDr. Harry Edwards, Dr. John Carlos and Dr. Tommie Smith, three of the biggest champions for justice...