Publisher: WW Norton & Co ISBN: 9781324052159 Number of pages: 208 Weight: 464 g Dimensions: 244 x 168 x 13 mm You may also be interested in. Dawud Anyabwile, Derrick Barnes, and Tommie Smith’s Victory.

Stand! paints a stirring portrait of an iconic moment in Olympic history that still resonates today. Cowritten with Newbery Honour and Coretta Scott King Author Honour recipient Derrick Barnes and illustrated with bold and muscular artwork from Emmy Award-winning illustrator Dawud Anyabwile, Victory. In his first-ever memoir for young readers, Tommie Smith looks back on his childhood growing up in rural Texas through to his stellar athletic career, culminating in his historic victory and Olympic podium protest. Both men were forced to leave the Olympics, received death threats and faced ostracism and continuing economic hardships. On 16 October 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. And the thought that Tommie Smith had on the victory stand was prayer, which I did, while the national anthem was playing, with my head bowed, and my fist in the air. during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos. Stand (4.51 avg rating, 267 ratings, 79 reviews, published 2022), Silent Gesture (3.65 avg rating, 60 ratings, 8.

Victory. Stand! by Tommie Smith