Silent Gesture

The Autobiography of Tommie Smith

Tommie Smith and David Steele
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PB: $27.95
EAN: 978-1-59213-640-7
Publication: Apr 08

HC: $71.50
EAN: 978-1-59213-639-1
Publication: Jan 07

Ebook: $27.95
EAN: 978-1-59213-641-4
Publication: Jan 07

288 pages


The story of the most famous protest in sports history, written by one of the men who staged it

About the Author(s)

Dr. Tommie Smith is the only man in track and field history to hold eleven world records simultaneously, and the first man in Olympic Game history to win a gold medal in record-breaking time in the 200-meter, under 20 seconds. He has been an educator and track and field coach for 40 years.

David Steele is a sports columnist for The Baltimore Sun.


Subjects

African American Studies African American Studies African American Studies

In the Series

  • Sporting edited by Amy Bass

    As an international cultural activity for athleticism, spectatorship, and global cultural exchange, sport is unmatched by any other force on earth. And yet it remains a consistently understudied dimension of history and cultural studies. Sporting, edited by Amy Bass, aims to contribute to the study of sport by publishing works by people across a range of disciplines, by professional sportswriters, and by athletes to add substance to our still emerging notion of globalization.