SAN JOSE -- The statue unofficially stretches 23 feet high. The view from its base, though, makes it look so much taller. Tommie Smith and John Carlos. Their gloved fists punching a cyan blue sky. The beaming South Bay suns sparkling against the mosaic tiles shaped into their blue track suits.
This is what history looks like, how inspiration feels.This frozen moment in history looms larger than its physical dimensions. It is still imposing its power 48 years later.On Monday, San Jose State formally announced it is resurrecting the men's track program that spawned this statue. And on Oct.