Tommie Smith and John Carlos made history in October 1968 with their iconic bowed heads and raised fists during the national anthem. Video provided by Newsy Newslook
As Mike Brown recalls it, Tommie Smith was an idea hatched in a dorm room at Wilmington College that doubled as Paul Brown’s office in the training-camp summer of 1969. “He has been contacted by a lot of teams,’’ the Great Man said then. “One thing is certain. He’s fast enough.’’
The L.A. Rams had drafted Smith in the 9th round in 1967 and cut him.