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Mon 08 Aug 2008Iconic image of protest still resonates
LOCKER ROOM:There was a third man standing beside Tommie Smith and John Carlos when they raised their gloved fists in Mexico in 1968, writes Tom Humphries
SPORTS ILLUSTRATEDrecently published a picture of Tommie Smith and John Carlos. The photo was taken in 2005 and the two heroes, in their 60s now, were back at their alma mater, San Jose State, standing beneath towering statues of themselves, monuments the college built to commemorate a hinge moment in Olympic history, an iconic image of the 20th century.
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