![]() They also got the silver medal winner, Peter Norman of Australia, to wear a similar button on the victory stand. They wore knee length black stockings as an added gesture of protest against treatment of African-Americans in the United States and green and white buttons which said “Olympic Project for Civil Rights.” ![]() They said the reason they wore only one glove each was that they could get only one pair of black ones, which they shared. They held their hands high during the playing of the National Anthem with fists clenched. Stand: Raising My Fist for Justice Hardcover Septemby Tommie Smith (Author), Derrick Barnes (Author), Dawud Anyabwile (Author) 42 ratings Editors' pick Best Children's Books So Far 2023 See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 19.62 26 Used from 9.12 26 New from 14. ![]() ![]() We are gradually - no I mean rapidly - getting closer together.”Ĭarlos and Smith wore one pair of black gloves between them, Smith on his right hand and Carlos on his left. “The reason for the closed fist,” he said, “was to show that black men in America are united. It was a power fist for everyone, Smith says. He said the reason for wearing the black gloves was to demonstrate their point for both the whites and black back in the United States. That action, it wasn’t me, Tommie Smith the Black man, up there on the victory stand, it was all those unjustly treated on the victory stand. ![]() If white people don't care to see black men perform they should not come out to the stadium.” “I want you to print this and print it right. ![]()
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