Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith.

SMITH, Tommie.

$450.00

Item Number: 117848

Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2007.

First edition of this powerful autobiography by the Olympic gold medalist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “6-7-07 To Philip Health and Wellness. Faith Tommie Smith.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kate Nichols. Written with David Steele.

The Olympic gold medal-winning track athlete best remembered for raising his black-gloved right fist while on the medal winner's podium at the 1968 Olympics discusses what the gesture meant to him and its lasting impact on his life as an educator and coach.