Tag: Tommie
2024 Olympics: Tommie Smith’s raised fist, 56 years later
1968, Olympic Games in Mexico. African-American Tommie Smith wins the gold medal in the 200 meters. And, in front of the cameras of the whole world, lowering his head, he…
Tommie Smith, still with his fist raised
Tommie Smith, hero of the Mexico 1968 Games, is visiting France. During a conference organized by the immigration museum, as part of its exhibition “Olympism, a history of the world”,…