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Victory. Stand!

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Victory. Stand! Synopsis

On 16 October 1968, during the medal ceremonyat the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, thegold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, andJohn Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on thepodium in black socks and raised their black-glovedfists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon AfricanAmericans. Both men were forced to leave theOlympics, received death threats and faced ostracismand continuing economic hardships.

In his first-ever memoir for young readers, TommieSmith looks back on his childhood growing up in ruralTexas through to his stellar athletic career, culminatingin his historic victory and Olympic podium protest.Cowritten with Newbery Honor and Coretta ScottKing Author Honor recipient Derrick Barnes andillustrated with bold and muscular artwork fromEmmy Award-winning illustrator Dawud Anyabwile, Victory. Stand! paints a stirring portrait of an iconicmoment in Olympic history that still resonates today.

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ISBN: 9781324003908
Publication date: 7th October 2022
Author: Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes
Illustrator: Dawud Anyabwile
Publisher: Norton Young Readers
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 200 pages
Genres: People / Places
Sports
Educational: Citizenship and social education
Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism