02893nam 22006614a 450 991045195290332120200520144314.01-281-15122-X97866111512251-59213-641-9(CKB)1000000000475531(EBL)298884(OCoLC)476075029(SSID)ssj0000245968(PQKBManifestationID)11210552(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245968(PQKBWorkID)10196365(PQKB)11041069(MiAaPQ)EBC298884(Au-PeEL)EBL298884(CaPaEBR)ebr10210836(CaONFJC)MIL115122(EXLCZ)99100000000047553120061030d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSilent Gesture[electronic resource] autobiography of Tommie Smith /Tommie Smith with David SteelePhiladelphia, PA Temple University Press20071 online resource (285 p.)SportingIncludes index.1-59213-639-7 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; Indexn 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 soSportingTrack and field athletesUnited StatesBiographyAfrican American athletesBiographyOlympicsParticipation, African AmericanSportsSocial aspectsElectronic books.Track and field athletesAfrican American athletesOlympicsParticipation, African American.SportsSocial aspects.796.42092BSmith Tommie1944-988156Steele David1964-988157MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451952903321Silent Gesture2259608UNINA