Tommie C. Smith (born June 6, 1944) is an American former track and field athlete and former wide receiver in the American Football League. At the 1968...
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Stadium in Mexico City on October 16, 1968, two African-American athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, each raised a black-gloved fist during the playing of...
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time was 20.36 seconds, which was the fastest auto time to that date. Tommie Smith ran 20.26 for 220 yards at Provo in 1967. By deducting .12 seconds for...
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outfielder Tommie Shelby, philosopher and writer Tommie Sisk (born 1942), former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher Tommie Smith (born 1944)...
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the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, medal winners John Carlos and Tommie Smith gave the raised fist salute during the American national anthem as a...
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multiple Black American athletes, including noted Olympic sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos, on October 7, 1967. The purpose of the group was to...
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Project for Human Rights in support of fellow athletes John Carlos and Tommie Smith. Norman grew up in a devout Salvation Army family, living in Coburg,...
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Olympics Black Power Salute, Puma-sponsored African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos, after having won gold and bronze in the 200 meters,...
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Olympics, where he displayed the Black Power salute on the podium with Tommie Smith. He went on to tie the world record in the 100-yard dash and beat the...
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year of its release, the sneaker gained notoriety after U.S. Olympian Tommie Smith decided to take off his shoes and put them on the podium and raise his...
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award ceremony for the men's 200-meter race, black American athletes Tommie Smith (gold medal winner) and John Carlos (bronze medal winner) took a stand...
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Puma Sneakers Puma Clyde Puma Suede People Rudolf Dassler Adolf Dassler Tommie Smith John Carlos Walt Frazier Related topics Dassler brothers feud 1968 Olympics...
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Tommy Smith or Tommie Smith may refer to: Tommy L. Smith (1914–1985), Australian rules footballer Tommy Smith (footballer, born 1945) (1945–2019), English...
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was held in Mexico City, Mexico. The final was won by 0.23 seconds by Tommie Smith in a time of 19.83, a new world record. However, the race is perhaps...
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award ceremony for the men's 200 metres race, Black American athletes Tommie Smith (gold) and John Carlos (bronze) took a stand for civil rights by raising...
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and the opening and closing ceremonies. This was the Olympics in which Tommie Smith and John Carlos protested the treatment of African Americans in the United...
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in the form of a Black Power salute by the African-American medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos. The third medalist, Peter Norman of Australia, wore...
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finishers all beat the previous world record. The Black Power salute: Tommie Smith and John Carlos wore black gloves and bowed their heads on the medal...
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Shamila Kohestani (2006), Trevor Ringland and David Cullen (2007), and Tommie Smith, John Carlos (2008), and survivors of the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal...
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Mike Larrabee United States Los Angeles, USA September 12, 1964 44.5+ Tommie Smith United States San Jose, USA May 20, 1967 44.1A 44.19 Larry James United...
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Melody (October 3, 2013). "Olympian Tommie Smith To Be Honored By Goddard". www.vpr.org. Retrieved March 14, 2019. Smith said he's always been fighting for...
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20.14yh +0.1 Tommie Smith (USA) 11 June Sacramento 1967 20.14Ay +0.9 Tommie Smith (USA) 17 June Provo 1968 19.83A +0.9 Tommie Smith (USA) 16 October...
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sportswriter Warren Brown. In 1968, Musburger penned a column regarding Tommie Smith and John Carlos's protest of racial injustice in the United States with...
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rights movement of the 1960s, with athletes such as Muhammad Ali and Tommie Smith using their fame to speak out against racism and discrimination. In recent...
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Panther slogans and iconography spread. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, two American medalists, gave the black power salute...
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was a political demonstration conducted by African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos during their medal ceremony at the 1968 Summer Olympics...
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At a televised medal ceremony, black U.S. track stars John Carlos and Tommie Smith each raised one black-gloved hand in the black power salute, and the...
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