On the next Charlotte Talks, Barnes joins the program to discuss Smith’s story, his own literary career and the importance of writing these stories for kids.ĭerrick Barnes, co-author of “Victory. One of its authors, Derrick Barnes, a Charlotte resident, is an award-winning children's author. It is a graphic novel aimed at young readers. Stand Raising My Fist For Justice Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes, illus. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice ,” which chronicle s his early days as the son of a sharecropper in Texas, his rise as a world-class athlete, and the civil rights work that came to define his life even more than his athletic prowess. Now, amid our most recent racial reckoning, comes Smith’s memoir “Victory. He has been both ridiculed and praised for the demonstration, which came during a period of racial unrest in America. Tommie Smith’s decision to raise his fist in support of racial justice during the 1968 Olympic games has defined the last half - century of his life.
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