Silent Gesture : autobiography of Tommie Smith / / Tommie Smith with David Steele

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807635203321
• Autore: Smith Tommie <1944->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, PA, : Temple University Press, 2007
• ISBN: 1-281-15122-X; 9786611151225; 1-59213-641-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 p.)
• Collana: Sporting
• Altri autori (Persone): SteeleDavid <1964->
• Disciplina: 796.42092; B
• Soggetti: Track and field athletes - United States; African American athletes; Olympics - Participation, African American; Sports - Social aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; 1 Welcome Home; 2 October 16, 1968; 3 Out of the Fields; 4 The Biggest City I Had Ever Seen; 5 Run Before You Walk; 6 The Coach and the Professor; Photographs follow page 134; 7 Linked Forever; 8 No Gold, No Glove; 9 Paying the Price; 10 Going Underground; 11 Families Lost, and Found; 12 It Will Outlive Me; EPILOGUE Silent and Eternal; Acknowledgments; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: n 1968, Tommie Smith and his teammate John Carlos won the gold and silver medals, respectively, for the 200 meter dash. Receiving their medals on the dais, they raised their fists and froze a moment in time that will forever be remembered as a powerful day of protest. In this, his autobiography, Smith tells the story of that moment, and of his life before and after it, to explain what that moment meant to him. In Silent Gesture, Smith recounts his life before and after the 1968 Olympics: his life-long commitment to athletics, education, and human rights. He dispels so