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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. More about this author >
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 >
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.
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