Review: "Victory. Stand! Raising My Fist for Justice" by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes
It’s who Jackie Robinson and Tommie Smith were off the field that elevates two new books about them.
Stay updated with breaking news from Victory Stand. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
It’s who Jackie Robinson and Tommie Smith were off the field that elevates two new books about them.
♪ >> brian: so the olympic torch has not even been lit yet but controversy heating up at the tokyo games from the u.s. women's soccer team yesterday to hammer thrower gwen berry during the trials. american athletes using exposure to preach political messages and social injustices? haven't we seen this before the year was 1968 tommy mitt smith and john car lois chose to demonstrate at the medal more important for him to point out the problems in america in that point. martin luther king jr. had just been assassinated. here is him talking about it this morning. >> the meld had no significance ...
Story is, it was anti-semitism and, as was proven later, the head of the u.s. olympic committee then went on to become the head of the international committee. he later proven to be a nazi sympathizer. hitler, these were the nazi games. it was his myth of nazi ariane supremacy that jesse owens and all is the american black athletes were smashing to smither evens. i love that word. we should bring it back. and they will say that avery brundage, hitler did not want it seep two jewish people on the victory stand and brundage made sure that didn't happen. in the film, i also point out not just fro...
>> greece can't do that, many people fear it would then go bankrupt. it would be very, very difficult for the euro to survive, greece to survive in the euro if it goes bankrupt. banks could stop lending to each other, recession could come back to europe and especially in that -- the u.s. market just think what happened after lehman brother's collapsed in 2008. >> jim boldin, thanks so much. analysts say a bankrupt greece would also drag the economies of european countries beginning with italy and spain. in this country for the second time in less than 24 hours, an earthquake shakes...