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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. More about this book >
Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile at the 2022 National Book Awards Finalist Reading
Derrick Barnes is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The King of Kindergarten and its companion The Queen of Kindergarten, the Newbery Honor award-winning Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, and I Am Every Good Thing, and the only author to have twice won the Kirkus Prize.
(Photo credit: Isaiah Anderson)
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