Smith lives in Georgia after a long career teaching at Santa Monica College in Southern California and at Oberlin College in Ohio. But this time, some of the nation’s biggest sports stars - as well as their teams and leagues - have called for an end to racism and the need for police reform. quarterback who knelt during the national anthem before games in the 2016 season to raise awareness of police brutality, are often shouted down. But it remains one of the most iconic images in the history of sports and it continues to resonate after the death of George Floyd in police custody and the subsequent protests of racially driven violence against African-American people.Īthletes who protest, including Colin Kaepernick, the N.F.L. The silent protest, which Smith, 76, called “a cry for freedom,” effectively ended their running careers. Wearing black socks and no shoes to represent poverty and black gloves to signify black power and liberation, the sprinters raised their fists. In 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos stepped to the podium at the Olympics in Mexico City to receive their medals in the 200-meter dash.
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