Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Fist of power: Smith looks to Obama and beyond

Fist of power: Smith looks to Obama and beyond
By JIMMY GOLEN – 1 day ago
BOSTON (AP) — When he stood on the victory stand in Mexico City, his head bowed and his fist raised, Tommie Smith didn't allow himself to think about racial progress in the United States, when a black man would be elected president or when Smith himself, once-reviled, would be honored on a holiday for Martin Luther King Jr.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h8ExSaZpfHqM9lDgSkvtWQOCEVAAD95QLQ600

Keith Conning: Tommie Smith ran for Lemoore High School and San Jose State University.

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