![]() ![]() So he is telling it now in a new book titled "The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment that Changed the World." It was co-written with Dave Zirin, who is sports editor at The Nation magazine. John Carlos wanted to talk about why he and Tommie Smith chose this course back in 1968, but as he details in a new book, there was fury directed at the two men, but little interest in their side of the story. They had no idea how high that price would be. The two men knew they would pay a price for their protest. ![]() They intended their gesture to call attention to poverty, violence and injustice suffered by African-Americans back home in the U.S. ![]() Both men, heads tilted downward, wearing black gloves, thrust a fist in the air while the "Star Spangled Banner" played. sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who placed first and third respectively in a 200 meter dash in the 1968 Olympics, took to the podium during the medal ceremony in Mexico City. Their story is told in the new documentary "Tony and Janina's American Wedding." We'll tell you about it in just a few minutes.īut first, we want to recall one of those iconic images that, even today, has the power to inspire and disturb. And then a deportation order tore their family apart. ![]() They met, fell in love, married and started a family, but one found a path to legal status while the other did not. Both people came here separately seeking a new life away from then communist Poland. Coming up, our series about people living in immigration limbo continues with a love story. I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. ![]()
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