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From www.myairshoes.com/puma/tommiesmith:
"During the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City when newly crowned 200 meter champion and record holder Tommie Smith raised his fist on the podium, along with bronze medal winner John Carlos, the controversy began. The barefoot athletes’ black power salute was meant to represent black poverty. The two were booed by the crowd. The Olympic committee thought politics had no place during the events.
"Smith and Carlos were stripped of their medals and banned from the Olympic village. The statement made headlines around the world and brought attention to the African-American protests happening around the United States.
"40 years later, these two brave men never received their Olympic medals, which they rightfully earned. But they are being honored with this small tribute by Puma with the “Tommie Smith” Suede Pack...."
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