Here's a very interesting post about Peter Norman, the white guy in the famous raised black gloved fists picture on the 1968 Olympic podium. We all know that picture and its historical ripples, but do you know Peter Norman's place in it?
You learn also how to use the Olympic Black Power statue on the San Jose State University campus.
Comments (2)
The Australian parliament actually made an official (posthumous) apology to him for the way he was treated when he got back to Australia. I'd never heard of him until a couple of years ago - and we're a country that usually idolizes it's sporting heroes.