tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284466976876209347.post1093703396810871748..comments2023-09-04T08:35:58.310-04:00Comments on Tresor De Beaute: John Carlos and Tommie Smith enlightened meTresor De Beautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057086040086769877noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284466976876209347.post-78874856415167718552008-08-21T14:01:00.000-04:002008-08-21T14:01:00.000-04:00Thank you 'Anonymous' for your contributions. Beca...Thank you 'Anonymous' for your contributions. Because of them and many others that we don't even know about, we live in a better America.Tresor De Beautehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02057086040086769877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284466976876209347.post-26921455311478543942008-07-30T02:21:00.000-04:002008-07-30T02:21:00.000-04:00When Tommie Smith and John Carlos made that salute...When Tommie Smith and John Carlos made that salute, I was an eleven-year-old white kid in an English school. I noticed the way the other white people around me talked about it, and it made me wonder why Tommie and John had done something that made them so angry.<BR/><BR/>It was the start of a journey.<BR/><BR/>I know they suffered for their act. I think it was worth it. Somebody had to say something, and at that moment, as they stood on the podium, for the first time the eyes of the world were on black Americans who wanted to say something for all the people who hadn't made it.<BR/><BR/>As Tommie put it: "for those individuals that were lynched, or killed that no-one said a prayer for, that were hung and tarred. It was for those thrown off the side of the boats in the middle passage."<BR/><BR/>I'm so pleased to see that San Jose State University, their alma mater, honored them in 2005 with a statue of the great event, their moment of triumph that they put to such good use.<BR/><BR/>An act of great courage that has inspired me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284466976876209347.post-64583032578670579332008-07-29T09:35:00.000-04:002008-07-29T09:35:00.000-04:00Acts of courage never die.Acts of courage never die.Prince Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13295340833209365114noreply@blogger.com