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Quote by honeydipped
isn't it? summer of '68. my dad ran track in high school and college and had the poster in his room. my brother later put one in his rooms too. love it.
sorry you missed out on james brown at his funkiest☹
for those who don't know, there's actually a really cool story that needs to be told about that iconic photo:
Australian silver medallist Peter Norman paid a price for supporting John Carlos and Tommie Smith when they raised their fists in protest on the podium in Mexico City.
African-American sprinters John Carlos and Tommie Smith raised their gloved fists in a black power salute at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City in 1968, while the U.S. national anthem played during the presentation of their medals. Their gesture was a show of defiance against oppression taking place at the height of the civil rights struggle in America.
But often lost in the discussion surrounding Smith and Carlos’s dramatic moment is the white athlete on the podium with them.
Australian sprinter Peter Norman came second in that 200-metre race. And like Smith and Carlos, Norman endured a backlash for what he did on the podium, treated as an outcast by many when he returned to his home country.
In Mexico City, Smith won the 200-metre race and the gold medal with a time of 19.83 seconds, Norman took silver in 20.06, and Carlos captured the bronze, clocking in at 20.10.
Aside from raising their gloved fists, Smith and Carlos sported buttons on their uniforms promoting their Olympic Project for Human Rights campaign, which was aimed at stamping out racism.
Norman agreed to wear one of the buttons during the ceremony as a sign of solidarity.
According to media accounts years later, Norman recalled the incident this way: “I couldn’t see what was happening, (but) I had known (Carlos and Smith) had gone through with their plans when a voice in the crowd sang the American anthem but then faded to nothing. The stadium went quiet.”
Carlos and Smith faced a storm of controversy for their actions. They were kicked out of the Olympic village and suspended from the American squad. They faced death threats.
These days, the former athletes are widely considered heroic for the stand they took. A statue of them stands at San Jose State University, where Carlos and Smith were students.
Norman returned to Australia to face his critics after Mexico City. In an interview years later, John Carlos said: “If we were getting beat up, Peter was facing an entire country and suffering alone.”
According to published reports, Norman was left off Australia’s team in the 1972 Olympics in Munich despite running times that would have qualified him. He was also left out of any role in the 2000 Sydney Games.
After he died in October 2006 of an apparent heart attack, at age 64, Carlos and Smith were pallbearers at the funeral.
Norman never backed down from what he did in Mexico City, and was unyielding in his support for the actions of Smith and Carlos.
In 2012, Australia formally apologized to Norman, with one MP telling Parliament that Norman’s gesture “was a moment of heroism and humility that advanced international awareness for racial inequality.”
On the day of the apology, Carlos was quoted as saying that Norman was “hurt” by the way he was treated in Australia, and never recovered from that.
Her Royal Spriteness
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Surgery day. Going under at 1415. Will probably be hospitalised overnight, which is exactly every nurse's worst nightmare--you hear every alarm, every code, everything, meaning no sleep or fitful sleep at best. Going to do my best to convince my ortho surgeon that it's cool, I can go home. I think he'll probably maybe possibly agree. I hope.
*hugs* hope you're doing ok. hospital stays are the anti-fun. unless you get a hot nurse.
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Quote by DamonX
Are we talking current tv shows?
Sons of Anarchy would be on my list but that show has ended....
For current shows...
1.Game of Thrones
2. Vikings
3. Narcos
4. It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
5. Curb Your Enthusiasm
you should check out Mr Robot. it's currently on season 3. go netflix it - i think it's be right up your alley.
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Driving three hours up to my place of employment this evening, and tomorrow I will run a workshop on using Evernote and Google Drive. So if you are attending a workshop tomorrow on using Evernote and Google Drive, you've discovered my true identity!
i'll be the brunette in the front row flashing you. good luck concentrating. ;)
