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Lee Evans (1947–2021), Olympic gold medalist who protested racism

Lee Evans won two sprinting gold medals at the 1968 Olympics and protested on the podium against racism.Lee Evans was a star sprinter at San Jose State University who started the Olympic Project for Human Rights with teammates Tommie Smith and John Carlos. The trio almost boycotted the 1968 Olympic games in Mexico City but instead decided that competing and winning was the best message.

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US Olympic Athletes Will Be Allowed To Raise Fists & Kneel During National Anthem at Olympic Trials

The US Olympic committee has overturned a big rule in the community for the 2021 Summer Olympic games.

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‘With Drawn Arms’ Review: Empowering Doc Returns to ‘the Salute’ at 1968 Olympics

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticAs a Japanese-American kid growing up in Los Angeles, Glenn Kaino was drawn to the image of Tommie Smith and John Carlos standing with arms raised on the podium of the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, during the medal presentation for the 200-meter dash. Not that he saw “the salute” live; he wasn’t yet born.

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Olympic Gold Medalist Tommie Smith on How ‘With Drawn Arms’ Affirms Athletes’ Right to Protest and His Own Legacy

Angelique Jackson After more than 50 years, Olympic gold medal-winning sprinter Tommie Smith shared the full story behind his raised-fist salute atop the podium at the 1968 Olympic Games in the documentary “With Drawn Arms” — and, by doing so, offers a greater insight into the meaning behind his silent protest and its aftermath.In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, CAA hosted a virtual conversation with Smith and filmmakers Afshin Shahidi and Glenn Kaino.

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Tommie Smith, Sprinter Who Won 1968 Olympic Gold & Got Ostracized For Raised Fist Podium Protest, To Be Awarded Bounce Trumpet Award For Social Justice As Docu ‘With Drawn Arms’ Premieres

Tommie Smith, who won the Gold Medal and broke the world record in the 200-meter race in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City and promptly got banished by the USOC and rendered a pariah for raising a gloved fist during the National Anthem to protest racism, is poised to get more of the reconsideration he deserves. With Drawn Arms, a stirring documentary about Smith’s protest and ensuing odyssey that is directed by Glenn Caino and Afshin Shahidi,, will air Sunday on Bounce.

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Tommie Smith’s ‘With Drawn Arms’ To Open Hybrid Hamptons Film Festival

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorThe Hamptons Film Festival will open its virtual and drive-in edition with the world premiere of With Drawn Arms, the documentary about the legacy of Olympian Tommie Smith’s fist-raising moment at the 1968 Olympics.The film will also be awarded HIFF’s Film of Conflict & Resolution Award, given to a project that deals with the complex issues and societal effects of war and violence, and the attendant human dramas, in creative ways. It comes with a $5,000 cash prize from the Brizzolara Family Foundation.The pared down festival will run October 8-14 and also world premiere Rick Korn’s Harry Chapin: When In Doubt, Do Something, about the award-winning songwriter.

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Defined By 1968 Olympics Silent Podium Protest Whose Message Is Now Crystal Clear, Gold Medal Sprinter Tommie Smith Is Poised To Stand Atop New Platform As ‘With Drawn Arms’ Docu Is Shopped To Distributors

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: It took almost four years — and the death of George Floyd and ensuing protests — for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to acknowledge how badly football fumbled a chance to support the concerns of its minority players over police brutality, poverty and economic disparity in America, when QB Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the National Anthem. Kaepernick and players who followed his lead were excoriated by President Trump, with Kaepernick not being offered a place on a team after he left the San Francisco 49ers.Kaepernick’s hardship pales in comparison to the 52 years of adversity endured by Tommie Smith.

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