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 | | Here is Edward Meeker performing "Oh Min!" (mp3 link), a song about Sidney Smith's "The Gumps". |
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| | BIGpedia - Tommie Smith - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online |
| | During his career, Smith set seven individual world records and also was a member of several world record relay teams at San Jose State. | | | He become a member of the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1978. | | | He later became a track coach at Oberlin College in Ohio, where he also taught sociology, and now is a faculty member at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California. |
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http://www.bigpedia.com/encyclopedia/Tommie_Smith
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| | Memorable Olympic Moments: Tommie Smith and John Carlos, Summer 1968 |
| | Smith and Carlos, who both now coach high school track teams, were honored in 1998 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of their protest. | | | The protest had lingering effects for both men, the most serious of which were death threats against them and their families. | | | Smith later told the media that he raised his right, black-glove-covered fist in the air to represent black power in America while Carlos' left, black-covered fist represented unity in black America. |
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http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mm-mexicocity.html
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