Fifty-two years after Tommie Smith and John Carlos used the Olympic podium to protest against racial injustice, a new documentary examines the legacy of the gesture Chaos on the streets. Poison seeping into minds. Athletes speaking out against racial injustice being vilified as villains by those in power. Right now 2020 looks a lot like 1968, recast and rebooted. Certainly when LeBron James and other NBA stars went on strike last week, they were standing on the shoulders of giants of that era. A...
Black power: the fists and the fury that shook America - and inspired generations | Sean Ingle
The Guardian - 31 Aug 2020 10:00
Fifty-two years after Tommie Smith and John Carlos used the Olympic podium to protest against racial injustice, a new documentary examines the legacy of the gesture Chaos on the streets. Poison seeping into minds. Athletes speaking out against racial injustice being vilified as villains by those in power. Right now 2020 looks a lot like 1968, recast and rebooted. Certainly when LeBron James and other NBA stars went on strike last week, they were standing on the shoulders of giants of that era. A...
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