“As a kid growing up and seeing so much strife taking place in society, and particularly on Blacks and people of color, I had an opportunity as a young man to witness the change that was taking place in Harlem, the exodus of white folks leaving Harlem, which I thought was a very cohesive situation. But they felt that they needed to leave.” PeopleMenKidsYoungOpportunityFeltWhiteSituationGrowing UpGrowingSeeingColorNeededLeavingFolksWitnessYoung ManStrifeHarlemKids Growing UpExodus Author:John Carlos
“Becoming involved in sports and traveling the world and seeing how people of color were treated around the world, and America being such a great nation, probably the greatest nation in the world, I think that the thing that would destroy this nation more than anything is the inequality that we have amongst people of color.” PeopleThinkingWorldAmericaNationsSportsSeeingColorBecomingInvolvedTreatedInequalityAround The WorldGreat NationsBecoming Involved Author:John Carlos
“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
“We wanted to bring attention to the fact that we had so many deals taking place that we could have made change for the better for all people, and we felt that we would be a catalyst to bring this to attention to society.” PeopleMadeFactsWould BeWantedFeltDealsAttentionCatalystChange For The Better Author:John Carlos
“It took some time for us to realize that [people] didn't particularly say they didn't like us or have the love for us that they had in the past, nor the respect. I think they chose to leave based on the fact that they felt a reprisal for being associated or having a friendship with John Carlos or Tommie Smith, or Peter Norman, for that matter.” PeopleThinkingMatterFactsPastFeltRealizingPeterReprisal 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
“Peter [Norman] never denounced us, he never turned his back on us, he never walked away from us, he never said one thing against what he stood for in Mexico City, and that was freedom, justice and equality for all God's people.” PeopleSaidJusticeCitiesOne ThingMexicoPeterEquality And JusticeMexico CityEquality For All Author:John Carlos
“I think Peter Norman recuperated in the sense that people who knew who Peter Norman was, he built his character around the legacy of his family, in terms of what they taught him about equality and justice for all.” PeopleThinkingCharacterTermJusticeTaughtBuiltLegacyPeterEquality And JusticeJustice For All Author:John Carlos
