“The black socks [on me at Olympics in 1968] emphasized the fact that we had so many Blacks and people of color here in the United States, the greatest country in the world, that was running around in poverty every day, so we wanted to illustrate the fact that these individuals did not have shoes and they had to walk 20 miles to and from school every day with no shoes in the greatest country in the world.” PeopleWorldCountryStatesFactsRunningWantedSchoolIndividualBlackWalksUnitedPovertyUnited StatesColorShoesMilesOlympicsSock Author:John Carlos
“It was like when we went to Mexico City [Olympics in 1968] it was sun and shining and bright. When we came home it was chaotic and storms everywhere. I think the most devastating thing was to make the adjustment as to why so many individuals that you grew up with in the sport thought it necessary to turn their backs and walk away from you.” ThinkingHomeTurnsIndividualSportsWalksCitiesSunGrewGrew UpShiningStormMexicoOlympicsAdjustmentChaoticAway From YouMexico City Author:John Carlos
“Muhammad Ali, the Jim Browns, the Bill Russells, Kareem [Abdul Jabbar ], these individuals supported us, but yet still, when you sit back and say the coverage that was done relative to their support was very shallow.” StillsDoneIndividualSupportBillsRelativeShallowMuhammadCoverage Author:John Carlos
“[Sport officials] blocked their support of us. But those individuals [ Muhammad Ali, the Jim Browns, the Bill Russells, Kareem Abdul Jabbar ] were old enough, they were wise enough, and they knew their history and this is why they came out in support of us, because they knew that we had our finger on the right move.” EnoughMovingIndividualSportsSupportWiseBillsFingersOfficialsMuhammadBlocked Author:John Carlos
“I'm sure there was people in Australia that told Peter Norman that hey, man, you shouldn't have done what you did, you shouldn't have gotten involved in those individuals, it wasn't your business.” PeopleMenDoneIndividualInvolvedHeyAustraliaPeter Author:John Carlos
