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



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Autore: Smith Tommie <1944-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Silent Gesture : autobiography of Tommie Smith / / Tommie Smith with David Steele Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, PA, : Temple University Press, 2007
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 p.)
Disciplina: 796.42092
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Soggetto topico: Track and field athletes - United States
African American athletes
Olympics - Participation, African American
Sports - Social aspects
Altri autori: SteeleDavid <1964->  
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
Titolo autorizzato: Silent Gesture  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-15122-X
9786611151225
1-59213-641-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910807635203321
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Serie: Sporting