Almanac Sports History: John Carlos and Mexico City 1968. (From Democracy Now)
I was alerted to this by a Tony Wilson tweet.
Certainly worth a look.
Fascinating from John Carlos, and also a timely insight into mainstream media and independent media.
This interview is in two parts:
https://www.democracynow.org/2011/10/12/john_carlos_1968_olympic_us_medalist
John Carlos for an Almanac lunch I say. And if only Peter Norman were still alive.
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He is married to Susan. They have three school-age kids – Theo, Anna, Evie.
He might not be the worst putter in the world but he’s in the worst four.
His ambition was to lunch for Australia but it clashed with his other ambition – to shoot his age.
Greatest story ever told. The doco on Norman on how he was hung out to dry – but never became bitter – was a SFF highlight sometime last decade
Me, I was lucky. For a year I was catching the train from Macdonaldtown. Every grim, lonely morning, I would catch a glimpse of that 68 mural (before the noise barriers obscured it), and put my “troubles” into perspective.
Thanks for sharing!
on a similar note my Saturday Paper teaser demands that I watch the “Trials of Muhammad Ali”. and I will!