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Activist athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos to be inducted into U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame

Stephen Small by Stephen Small
November 16, 2019
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Activist athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos to be inducted into U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame

Tommie Smith and John Carlos, gold and bronze medalists in the 200-meter run at the 1968 Olympic Games, engage in a victory stand protest against unfair treatment of blacks in the United States. With heads lowered and black-gloved fists raised in the black power salute, they refuse to recognize the American flag and national anthem. Australian Peter Norman is the silver medalist.

Nearly 50 years after the organization expelled controversial sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos from the Summer Olympics, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee is bestowing its highest honor on two iconic civil rights activists.

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The two will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.

Smith and Carlos were kicked out of Olympic Village and sent home from the 1968 Mexico City Games after staging a protest by raising their gloved fists on the medals stand after Smith received the gold and Carlos the bronze for the 200 meter run at the Summer Olympic Games.

Australian silver medalist Peter Norman is also assembled with the athletes on the podium in the now iconic photo of Smith and Carlos bringing attention to Black poverty and oppression with their Black Power salute.

The two were placed on suspension for turning the ceremony into a political statement and have worked hard over the years to remain in the USOC’s good graces, per San Francisco Chronicle. Although they’ve been denied employment in various ways, the federation has made efforts to welcome them back inside the family in recent years, NBC Sports reports.

Meanwhile, neither man has ever expressed regret over their statement at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games.

“What I did was right 48 years ago, and 48 years later it has proven to be right,” Carlos told the Telegraph in 2016. “In 1968, we were on a program for humanity, and we are still on the same program today.”

Supporters agree that the organization’s recognition of these two men is long overdue.

“It sends the message that maybe we had to go back in time and make some conscious decisions about whether we were right or wrong,” Carlos said. “They’ve come to the conclusion that, ‘Hey man, we were wrong. We were off-base in terms of humanity relative to the human rights era.’”

According to NBC Sports, the rest of the class includes: Candace Cable, Erin Popovich, Chris Waddell (Paralympics), Lisa Leslie (basketball), Nastia Liukin (gymnastics), Misty May-Treanor (beach volleyball), Apolo Anton Ohno (short track speedskating), Dara Torres (swimming), the 1998 U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team), Ron O’Brien (diving coach) and Tim Nugent (special contributor).

The class will be inducted at a ceremony in Colorado Springs on Nov. 1. This will be the first class inducted since 2012.

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Rev. Small realized God was present in his life as a child, and grew into an adult with a passion for knowing and understanding God, people and the difficulties of life. Rev. Small soon can to know Jesus Christ, and the presence of the Holy Spirit has he experienced the storms, trails, and tribulations of life as a Black man in America. Rev. Stephen C. Small survived numerous demonic assaults on his life, which gave meaning to God’s grace and mercy. Rev. Small reasoned that God’s presence in the world gives hope, meaning and purpose; it is the essence of learning, love and relationships. Rev. Small humbled himself and opened his heart and mind to listening, learning and obeying God. On sabbatical from a business career, Rev. Small earned a Biblical Studies degree, and Master of Divinity. Rev. Small’s faith and dedication to serving God is the reason he created Trueword Ministry; TWM’s website as an evangelism tool, designed to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to Africans, African Descendants and the entire human race.

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