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Edge of Sports

John Carlos & Wyomia Tyus LIVE from Cal State East Bay

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

News, Sports News, Sports, History, Politics

4.8616 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2016

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This week on Edge of Sports, we have two sports/politics legends of 1968 and we speak to them in front of 500 people in a packed Oakland auditorium. They are DR. JOHN CARLOS, who raised his fist on the medal stand in Mexico City along with Tommie Smith, and the great WYOMIA TYUS, the first person to ever win back-to-back 100 meter gold at the Olympic games in 1964 and 1968. Ms. Tyus also stood in solidarity with John Carlos and Tommie Smith although that has been written out of most mainstream histories. This week’s column read is on “The Hidden History of Muhammad Ali and the Black Panthers” and we give our “Just Stand Up Award” to the Jayhawks: aka the people in the Athletic Department at the University of Kansas.See the full event video: https://youtu.be/soaaLNnXgDoCenter for Sport and Social Justice: http://www20.csueastbay.edu/ceas/cssj/Dave’s column: http://thenation.com/article/muhammad-ali-and-the-black-panther-party/PBS “The Black Panthers: Vanguard Of The Revolution” http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/the-black-panthers-vanguard-of-the-revolution/Special thanks to the Center Sports and Social Justice at Cal State East Bay and Prof. Rita Liberti. —-This episode of Edge of Sports is brought to you by FreshBooks. For the best way to make tax season easy, especially for freelancers like me, get FreshBooks, a cloud accounting software designed exclusivelyfor small business owners and freelancers. Go to http://FreshBooks.com/Edge and enter Edge in the “How You Heard About Us” section for a 30-day free trial.—http://twitter.com/edgeofsports | http://edgeofsportspodcast.com | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | [email protected]: “Contact!” by The Kount http://soundcloud.com/the-kount, “Volcano Zone” by Ramzoid http://soundcloud.com/ramzoid, “The Champ Is Here” (instrumental) by Jadakiss produced by DJ Green Lantern http://soundcloud.com/djgreenlantern Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Edge of Sports is brought to you by FreshBooks.

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Go to freshbooks.com slash edge and enter Edge in the How You Heard About Us section.

0:18.5

Welcome to Edge of Sports, the podcast. I'm Dave Ziron.

0:21.6

We have a historic show this week.

0:25.6

A live discussion in front of 500 people at Cal State East Bay in Hayward, California, sponsored by their Center for Sports and Social Justice.

0:35.0

And the conversation is with two legends, one who is an icon of sports and social justice, and the conversation is with two legends, one who is an icon of

0:40.3

sports and social justice, and one who, because of issues of gender and race, should be an icon

0:46.7

of sports and social justice, but is not. I'm talking about 1968 Olympians, John Carlos,

0:53.6

and Wyoming Attias. It was for human rights, that I'm still a part Olympians, John Carlos and Wyoming Attias.

0:55.1

It was for human rights that I'm still a part of you.

0:58.1

I still believe in what's going on, what you believe in, what we need to do, what we need

1:02.9

to come together.

1:04.2

Every one of you are going to be at the crossroads of your life.

1:08.2

The question is whether you had the gumption in you to do the right thing.

1:14.1

John Carlos is, of course, an icon.

1:16.0

It was he who in that year of social tumult of Vietnam and the Panthers and the assassination

1:22.0

of Dr. King and Bobby Kennedy and the massacre of Mexican students in Talateloko Square stood with his fist

1:29.6

raised on the medal stand in Mexico City. And then there is Wyoming Atayas who stood in solidarity

1:35.5

with their actions, holding up her medals and representing her relay team and saying to the press,

1:41.6

we dedicate the gold to John Carlos and Tommy Smith, even though

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