Tommie Smith: 'Black Power' salute had to be done
11 July 2012
The black American sprinter Tommie Smith captured the
world's attention with a peaceful but controversial protest delivered at
the Mexico Olympics in 1968.
After wining the 200m - where he beat the previous world record by two tenths of a second - he and another competitor, John Carlos, stood on the podium and gave the "Black Power" salute.
Their actions prompted boos from the crowd and the International Olympic committee forced their expulsion from the US Olympic team and banned them from future competitions.
2)http://www.biography.com/people/jesse-owens-9431142
Jesse Owens was born September 12, 1913, in Oakville, Alabama. In high school, he won three track and field events at the 1933 National Interscholastic Championships. Two years later, while competing for Ohio State University, he equaled one world record and broke three others. In 1936 Owens won four gold medals at the Olympic Games in Berlin. He died from cancer on March 31, 1980.
But it was African Americans who helped cement America's success at the Olympic Games. In all the U.S. won 11 gold medals, six of them by black athletes. Owens was easily the most dominant athlete to compete. He captured four gold medals (the 100-meter, the long jump, the 200-meter, and the 400-meter relay race) and broke two Olympic records along the way. After Owens won the 100-meter event, a furious Hitler stormed out of the stadium, though some reports later indicated that Hitler congratulated the athlete on his success.
While Owens helped the U.S. triumph at the games, his return home was not met with the kind of fanfare one might expect. President Franklin D. Roosevelt failed to meet with Owens and congratulate him, as was typical for champions. It wasn't until 1976 that he was properly recognized when President Gerald Ford awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
3) Sponsorship/ the power of money
4) http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/19/opinion/olympic-sponsorship-clark/index.html
Controversy about sponsorship :Olympic sponsorship: Must it be so unhealthy?
After wining the 200m - where he beat the previous world record by two tenths of a second - he and another competitor, John Carlos, stood on the podium and gave the "Black Power" salute.
Their actions prompted boos from the crowd and the International Olympic committee forced their expulsion from the US Olympic team and banned them from future competitions.
2)http://www.biography.com/people/jesse-owens-9431142
Jesse Owens was born September 12, 1913, in Oakville, Alabama. In high school, he won three track and field events at the 1933 National Interscholastic Championships. Two years later, while competing for Ohio State University, he equaled one world record and broke three others. In 1936 Owens won four gold medals at the Olympic Games in Berlin. He died from cancer on March 31, 1980.
The 1936 Olympic Games
For Adolph Hitler and the Nazis, the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games was expected to be a German showcase and a statement for Aryan supremacy. Most notably, Hitler lambasted America for including black athletes on its Olympic roster.But it was African Americans who helped cement America's success at the Olympic Games. In all the U.S. won 11 gold medals, six of them by black athletes. Owens was easily the most dominant athlete to compete. He captured four gold medals (the 100-meter, the long jump, the 200-meter, and the 400-meter relay race) and broke two Olympic records along the way. After Owens won the 100-meter event, a furious Hitler stormed out of the stadium, though some reports later indicated that Hitler congratulated the athlete on his success.
While Owens helped the U.S. triumph at the games, his return home was not met with the kind of fanfare one might expect. President Franklin D. Roosevelt failed to meet with Owens and congratulate him, as was typical for champions. It wasn't until 1976 that he was properly recognized when President Gerald Ford awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
3) Sponsorship/ the power of money
Controversy about sponsorship :Olympic sponsorship: Must it be so unhealthy?
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