The John Carlos story : the sports moment that changed the world / John Carlos with Dave Zirin ; [foreword by Cornel West].

• To sleep with anger -- Harlem world -- Street level protest: "you have forty-eight hours ..." -- Trouble in Texas -- 1968 -- The medal stand -- The unraveling -- Efforts at resurrection -- Save your redemption -- John W. Carlos's track and field records.

• "Seen around the world, John Carlos and Tommie Smith's Black Power salute on the 1968 Olympic podium sparked controversy and career fallout. Yet their show of defiance remains one of the most iconic images of Olympic history and the Black Power movement. Here is the remarkable story of one of the men behind the salute, lifelong activist John Carlos"-- 

Ämnesord

African American track and field athletes  -- Biography. (LCSH)

Track and field athletes  -- United States -- Biography. (LCSH)

African American athletes  -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)

Sportifs noirs américains  -- Activité politique -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. (Vedettes-matière)

African American track and field athletes.  (fast)

Race relations.  (fast)

Track and field athletes.  (fast)

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY  -- Sports. (bisacsh)

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY  -- Political. (bisacsh)

SPORTS & RECREATION  -- History. (bisacsh)

SOCIAL SCIENCE  -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies. (bisacsh)

African American track and field athletes  -- Biography. (nli)

Track and field athletes  -- United States -- Biography. (nli)

African American athletes  -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century. (nli)

United States  -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)

United States  -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH Children)

United States  -- Race relations -- History. (LCSH Children)

États-Unis  -- Relations raciales -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. (Vedettes-matière)

United States.  (fast)

United States  -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. (nli)

1900-1999  (fast)

Genre

Biography  (MeSH)

Autobiographies. 

Personnamn

Carlos, John, 1945-

Carlos, John, 1945-

Carlos, John, 1945-.

Konferensnamn

Olympic Games ((19th : 1968 : Mexico City, Mexico))

Olympic Games.

Olympic Games ((19th : 1968 : Mexico City, Mexico))

Klassifikation

GV1061.15.C37 (LCC)

796.422092 (DDC)

Rba (kssb/8 (machine generated))