"They misread him. They misread everything that they were trying to do." As most people usually tend to do. 1091 Media has unveiled the official trailer for a documentary titled The Stand: How One Gesture Shook the World, about the world famous black power salute at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico. This seems to be a bit of an opportunistic release, considering the #BlackLivesMatter revolution happening now in the US, but it's also an incredible story to tell anyway. The Stand: How One Gesture Shook the World explores the motives behind Tommie Smith and John Carlos' gesture of defiance during the 1968 Olympics and the consequences. To date, they still have not received an apology from the Olympics committee, who took their medals away. There's also a thread going ’round recently (here) about the third place guy, Australian athlete Peter Norman, who also faced harsh consequences simply for standing in solidarity with them. I'm glad that this gesture is still so powerful, and after all this time it's just as iconic as it first was 52 years ago. ›››
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