![]() ![]() But as a Black student on an overwhelmingly white campus during the tumultuous 1960s, Smith’s growing awareness of-and involvement in-the fight for racial equality led him to speak out. It was here that sixth grader Tommie beat his nimble-footed older sister Sally (along with the fastest boy in the seventh grade) in a race that “changed everything.” His athletic talents earned him a scholarship to San Jose State, where he arrived “oblivious to the extent” of the civil rights movement. Smith’s sharecropper parents had moved the family from Texas to California’s Central Valley as part of the Great Migration’s second wave when he was a child. ![]() Smith’s graphic memoir (co-authored with multi-awardee Barnes) provides context for the iconic 1968 image of two Black Olympians, gold medalist Smith and bronze medalist John Carlos, standing on the medal podium, heads bowed and fists raised. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justiceīy Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes illus. ![]()
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