1968 Olympian Dr. John Carlos on the legacy of the Black Athletic Revolt

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

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4.8 • 616 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Body: The year 1968 was a time of rebellion across the US and the wider world. Tremendous demonstrations and rebellions shook American cities in opposition to the Vietnam War, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., and the arrest of Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party. Amidst this tumult, two athletes, John Carlos and Tommie Smith, captured the spirit of the times by raising their fists at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics after placing first and third in the 200-meter dash. 45 years later, Dr. John Carlos is still with us—but many of his contemporaries have passed on. Dr. John Carlos joins Edge of Sports for a look back on the lives of Jimmy Hines, Ralph Boston, Herb Douglas, Harry Belafonte, Tina Turner, and Jim Brown.

Elsewhere in this episode of Edge of Sports, Dr. Maria Veri, co-author of Gridiron Gourmet: Gender and Food at the Football Tailgate, joins to discuss the gender politics of tailgating culture. Dave Zirin also dives into the recently leaked details of a Professional Golfers' Association merger with the Saudi Arabian LIV Golf tour.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Edge of Sports, the TV show only on the Real News Network.
0:10.5	I'm Dave Zyron, and this week we are talking to a legend, 1968 Olympic medalist,
0:17.8	one of the two men who raised their black glovegloved fists on the medal stand in Mexico
0:22.7	City in a moment for the ages. The fastest humanitarian alive, Dr. John Carlos. Also, I've got some
0:31.9	choice words about the Professional Golfers Association tour, joyously selling out to its Saudi Arabia-run competitor,
0:39.8	the Live Tour.
0:41.6	And in our Ask a Sports Scholar segment, we talked to Dr. Maria Veri about a book she co-wrote with
0:48.0	Rita LaBerti called Gridiron Gourmet, Gender and food at the football tailgate.
0:55.4	But first, a word of caution, if you will.
0:59.1	With Dr. John Carlos, we are going to be discussing loss.
1:04.2	You see, Dr. Carlos was part of a generation that self-identified as being part of a black
1:09.9	athlete's revolt.
1:12.0	And in just the last several months,
1:14.2	a heartbreaking number of the people who made up this revolt,
1:17.9	people who were either athletes or artists that contributed to the struggle,
1:22.7	have left us.
1:24.3	Maybe you've heard of all the people we're going to discuss,
1:27.3	or maybe you haven't. But they all meant something to Dr. John Carlos, and they all meant something to the history of sports.
1:34.9	And we're going to speak to him about all of these folks by phone right now.
1:44.4	Dr. Carlos, how are you?
1:47.8	Real fine, David's honor.
1:49.5	It's a pleasure to be talking to you today.
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