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US AthletesExplain ActsOf ProtestMEXICO CITY (AP) — Tommie Smith, who won the Olympic 200 meters for the UnitedStates and then held up ablack-gloved ha.nd in protest at the award ceremony, said Thursday he did not know if there would be other protest gestures by black U.S. athletes.In an interview with ABC tele? vision, Smith said:“My events are finished. The other black athletes have minds of their own and what they will do I don’t know.”Smith, a native of San Jose, Calif., and bronze medalist John Carlos each wore one black glove, black scarf and black socks to receive their awards. They extended their gloved hands in the air while the National Anthem was played.Smith explained his actions this way:“The glove on my right hand signified power within black America. The glove that my teammate, John Carlos, wore on his left hand signified black unity. The black scarf that was worn about my neck signified blackness and the socks, our poverty.A
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Somerset Daily American
Somerset, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Oct 18, 1968
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