Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith by Tommie SmithMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
The bittersweet memoir of the victory and struggles of an Olympic gold medalist who took a stand as a student - athlete and human rights activist. It is his rise from a sharecropper family to international fame/infamy for a stand/photo that spoke volumes about the human condition. It tells the effort and intellectual discipline needed to be a world class athlete. And it reveals the high personal price paid when daring to challenge the status quo of society.
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