25/10/11: Game Changer: John Carlos

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DATE : Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT
Entered in Database : 2011-10-25 04:00:00
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It was the year of the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, the Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia, the assassination of Martin Luther King and the slaughter of student and worker protestors in Mexico City. Against that backdrop of unrest and uncertainty two African Americans stood on the Olympic medals podium in Mexico and raised their fists in the Black Power salute. And in a flash, John Carlos became both victorious and vilified.

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