Tommie Smith - Wikipedia
Tommie C. Smith (born June 6, 1944) [3] is an American former track and field athlete and wide receiver in the American Football League. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Smith, aged 24, …
1968 Olympics Black Power salute - Wikipedia
During their medal ceremony in the Olympic Stadium in Mexico City on October 16, 1968, two African-American athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, each raised a black-gloved fist …
Tommie Smith | Biography, Juan Carlos, 1968 Olympics, & Track …
Tommie Smith (born June 6, 1944, Clarksville, Texas, U.S.) is a former sprinter who made history at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, where he won the 200-meter dash in 19.83 seconds—the …
In History: How Tommie Smith and John Carlos's protest at the ... - BBC
US athlete Tommie Smith attained international fame when he gave the Black Power salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics – but the protest came at a huge personal cost.
Former US Olympian Tommie Smith on gold, the salute and the glove - CNN
On October 16, 1968, Tommie Smith and fellow American John Carlos won gold and bronze, respectively, at the Olympic Games in Mexico City. With a time of 19.83, Smith broke the …
Olympic great Tommie Smith tells Paris crowd he still fights for …
PARIS (AP) — The audience in Paris stood to applaud Tommie Smith, more than 50 years after he took a stand for civil rights. A second ovation was even longer, and the 80-year-old Olympic …
Decades After An Iconic Protest, Tommie Smith Has Something …
2016年9月3日 · For 48 years, Tommie Smith has talked about the night he stood on the podium at the 1968 Summer Olympics, fist thrust skyward. He had won the 200-meter sprint at the …
What You Don’t Know About Olympian Tommie Smith’s Silent …
2016年8月9日 · As the strains of the Star-Spangled Banner wafted over the winds of Mexico City, sprinter Tommie Smith, a 24-year old athlete from Lemoore, California, stood in his red-white …
John Carlos, Tommie Smith: 1968 Olympics black power salute
2018年10月3日 · Fifty years after their protest in Mexico City at the 1968 Olympics, John Carlos and Tommie Smith have endured as symbols of dissent, even as their paths diverged
The Timeless Appeal of Tommie Smith, Who Knew a Podium …
2021年8月6日 · It’s a familiar image, even 53 years after the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, at which the American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos staged one of the most iconic …