Selling Olympian Gold Medal And Giving The Black Power Salute!!!!!!

[The Playa]

Tommie Smith is selling the gold medal he won at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, where his Black Power salute on the podium shocked the sports world.

The former San Jose State runner has put his gold medal for the 200 meters and spikes up for auction at New York-based M.I.T. Memorabilia. The bid starts at $250,000, and the sale is scheduled to close Nov. 4.



The 66-year-old Smith, who now lives in Georgia, declined comment to the San Jose Mercury News.

M.I.T.'s Gary Zimet says Smith is selling the medal for the money but also because he wants to share it with the public.

Smith won the 200 in world-record time, then was expelled from the Games along with bronze medalist John Carlos when they bowed their heads during the Star-Spangled Banner and raised their black-gloved fists in protest. The human rights protest eventually earned Smith and Carlos international acclaim.

http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/s...mie-smith-selling-gold-medal-101410?GT1=39002

 

[badbabysitter]

An elderly man selling his possessions to make ends meet


I know you were trying to find a racist angle to this story..but actually its a sad sign about we treat our senior citizens..once an olympic hero, now forgotten by the public

 

[Ulaven_Demorte]

Another day, another stupid ass Cade alt looking for a reason to bash black people.