Tommie Smith facts
While investigating facts about Tommie Smith And John Carlos and Tommie Smith Olympics, I found out little known, but curios details like:
The white guy (Peter Norman) on the podium during the Black Power salute (by John Carlos and Tommie Smith) in '1968 was basically banned for life for defending them.
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Will Smith starred in the Men in Black movies along with Tommy Lee Jones.
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The Australian Olympian Peter Norman, who stood alongside Tommie Smith and John Carlos in the 1968 Games, refused to denounce them and was subsequently blacklisted by his own country until 2012, six years after his death.
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The White Man in That Photo from the 1968 Mexico Olympics was Peter Norman, an Australian, who suffered reprisals when he supported John Carlos and Tommie Smith when they made their famous raised-fist gesture at the medal ceremony.
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Will Smith has really nasty farts. In 1997s "MIB", Will Smith & Tommy Lee Jones filmed a scene driving through the Midtown Tunnel sealed in a rig upside down. “Oh, Jesus! I’m so sorry, Tommy. Guys, get us out of here!” Jones didn't complain but got as far away from that car as possible afterward
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Axl Rose voiced 'DJ Tommy "The Nightmare" Smith in GTA: San Andreas
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Peter Norman, who shared the podium with John Carlos and Tommie Smith at the 1968 Olympics, was ostracised in Australia for also standing with the Olympic Project for Human Rights badge
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Peter Norman, who came in second in the 200 meter sprint at the 1968 Olympics. He stood in solidarity with John Carlos and Tommie Smith, only to have himself and his family ostracized by his native country of Australia for the rest of his days.
