Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith.

SMITH, Tommie.

$450.00

Item Number: 117701

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 front free endpaper, “To Michelle- Enjoy Life, it’s divine Tommie Smith 1968 Olympics.” Fine in a 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.