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Tommie Smith Quotes:

Tommie Smith quotes

Ocupation: Olympic athlete

Life: b. June 6, 1944

Birthday: June 6

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It is very discouraging to be in a team with white athletes. On the track you are Tommie Smith, the fastest man in the world, but once you are in the dressing rooms you are nothing more than a dirty Negro.

source: - "1968: Black athletes make silent protest". news.bbc.co.uk. September 1967.

Topics: Team, Dirty, Athlete, Dressing Rooms

quote i don t think it s necessary to go to any game to make a stand just because you are tommie smith Quotes

America's a great country - you better believe it's a great country, one of the greatest on this planet - but even the greatest needs to pay attention. I wish the powerful sources that run this country could understand that.

source: - Source: www.macleans.ca

Topics: Running, Country, Powerful

I would not educate Donald trump. He is a very educated man.

source: - Source: www.macleans.ca

Topics: Men, Trump, Educated

I don't think it's necessary to go to any game to make a stand just because you are there. The stand is made from the heart, and you can do that in the grocery store.

source: - Source: www.macleans.ca

Topics: Heart, Thinking, Games

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