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  • Victory. Stand!

    Raising My Fist for Justice

    by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, Dawud Anyabwile ...
    Winner of the 2023 YALSA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction AwardFinalist for the 2022 National Book Award for Young People's LiteratureA Coretta Scott King Award Author and Illustrator Honor BookA Washington Post Best Book of the YearA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year<... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Silent Gesture

    The Autobiography of Tommie Smith

    by Tommie Smith, David Steele, Delois Smith ...
    Series series Sporting
    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 ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Victory. Stand!

    Raising My Fist for Justice

    by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes ...
    Narrated by Korey Jackson ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 20 min

    On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans. Both men were forced to leave the Olympics, received death threats, and faced ostracism ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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