Victory. Stand!
Raising My Fist for Justice

Before Colin Kaepernick polarized the United States by taking a knee, Tommie Smith shocked the world by raising his fist in a Black Power salute with fellow American John Carlos on the medal podium at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. Smith retraces his life from a sharecropping farm in Texas through......more

"Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice" is an outstanding book that recounts the life of one of the most iconic athletes in American history. Tommie Smith's name is synonymous with the 1968 Olympic Games, where he made history with his Black Power salute on the podium after winning the 200m......more

I'm really happy I'm living in a time when people who aren't necessarily "graphic novel people" are making their personal stories into graphic novels.   The images of Tommie Smith and John Carlos raising their black-gloved fists in the air at the 1968 Olympics are iconic.  Here, Smith gives context t......more

Quick read. Awesome artwork. I loved learning more about Tommie Smith’s background prior to the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. I didn’t know he was sent home and could never run in the Olympics again after he raised his fist during the anthem. I was fuming at the hypocrisy of the whites who sent him......more

At the 1968 Mexico City Summer Olympics, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, US athletes who had medaled in the 200-meter sprint, raised their hands to protest racial discrimination among their Black brethren. This brave act of activism during a time of Civil Rights unrest catapulted both of them into fam......more