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Synopsis
The picture of Smith raising his black-gloved right fist at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics is one of the most enduring sports images of the 20th century. Nearly 40 years later, he details what the gesture symbolized for him and reveals what his life has been since.
Table of Contents
Foreword
1: Welcome Home - 1
2: October 16, 1968 - 26
3: Out of the Fields - 55
4: The Biggest City I've Ever Seen - 95
5: Run Before You Walk - 123
6: The Coach and the Professor - 147
7: Linked Forever - 147
8: No Gold, No Glove - 190
9: Paying the Price - 220
10: Going Underground - 247
11: Families Lost, and Found - 268
12: It Will Outlive Me - 296
Epilogue: Silent and Eternal - 324
Acknowledgements
About the Authors