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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Tommie, 1944-

Contributor:

Steele, David, 1964-

Series:

Sporting

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Track and field athletes--United States--Biography.

Track and field athletes.

African American athletes--Biography.

African American athletes.

Olympics--Participation, African American.

Olympics.

Sports--Social aspects.

Sports.

Smith, Tommie, 1944-.

Smith, Tommie.

Olympic Games--(19th : 1968 : Mexico City, Mexico).

Olympic Games.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-281-15122-X

9786611151225

1-59213-641-9

OCLC:

476075029