Victory. Stand! - Raising My Fist for Justice

On 16 October 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans. Both men were forced to leave the Olympics, received death threats and faced ostracism and continuing economic hardships. In his first-ever memoir for young readers, Tommie Smith looks back on his childhood growing up in rural Texas through to his stellar athletic career, culminating in his historic victory and Olympic podium protest. Cowritten with Newbery Honour and Coretta Scott King Author Honour recipient Derrick Barnes and illustrated with bold and muscular artwork from Emmy Award-winning illustrator Dawud Anyabwile, Victory. Stand! paints a stirring portrait of an iconic moment in Olympic history that still resonates today.

About the author

Tommie Smith is a former Olympic track-and-field gold medalist. He lives outside Atlanta, Georgia.

Summary

A ground-breaking and timely graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports—and a tribute to his fight for civil rights

Product details

• Authors: Dawud Anyabwile, Derrick Barnes, Tommie Smith
• Publisher: WW Norton & Co
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2022
• EAN: 9781324052159
• ISBN: 978-1-324-05215-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 241 mm x 167 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 472 g
• Illustrations: Black-and-white illustrations throughout
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > General, reference works; Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries