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i dn't knowhatt was t i justelt it. well, i grew uin the south. see,y mom andad from the o. you knowback in e old dayshey didn rock thboat see,y mom andad from the o. and my d didn't ck the boat 'cause ty was haing peop dayshey didin dton.hboat - we lived on the east side of the railroad tracks. and everything othe was afrin americac the trac were thline of demarcn and en the aluent set,whites. - ght acro the strt the was a whitcommunit in one blocknd the oer blk was thblack counity. d the whe kids wted to play witus all t time, i waasking mmother w their bwot let 'eplay witus.y. and mom said, "well, that's the way things are." that's all she could say 'cause she didn't know how to explain that to me back then. - in the south, parents are very sure to educate their children about the social mores, particularly black boys,

so that they don't suffer the violence and the brutal ramifications of crossing the line. - in laurel, the was a g namesam bowers, o-w-e-r- he was the ierial wizarn out of msissippi he was t top guy i'm justot total sure of how ii but i'm ad i surved. he was t top guy i think e kids kw dierent toot like ack peop,sthat tea, say d thingsbout us, 'cse of thcolor ofur skin. d when the kids t it, rowd chaing) 'cse ey grew with itskin. and meone emdded ithem that momouldn't plain th to m hings goa be difrent," s said it's allhe coulday. - you'reavinyoung ople witthe prome of bwn v. bod of edution in954 thinking thathey wilbe cong of ag

in a mth their cntry, groundedn thesprinciplent ofemocracynd eqlity, arpurposefly d legallmaintaing seegation. - itad gotteso ridicous wn there noi haa situatn wherei was a, buthrougho texas. and i s with aeporte and photograer, two whe guys f the schl. and went inta bar touy a er. it was hot day and i y, "barkp, getom these gu what th want "and i'lhave a br." and i y, "barkp, getom th iain'no beer r me.in', - thissn't actlly ppening. olence iincreasi. the peoplere now becomingarents tmselves. and woerinwhat is going take tohange. - so i s, "barke, where'my be?"

sohen, i s, "hey, barkee i" he jusignored and wenon. heaid, "weon't ser niggers in" - lifeas very marked. this is systemicpurposefrs in" syst of opprsion - lifeas very marked. cial, ecomic, politica in ordedomince.n and then idawned o me tt i was nning also'm not jt representi teeast texas state university.y. i'm representing t state o texas. and here i am the ste capitol and go to bar and mely becau of the lor my skin have to beisrespecd ani can't served? - anso with at comes all the attdant proem in ter of sepation. the diffences beeen thnorth anthe soh,

raci is prevent in bh spac, but at you fd in theouth is it'almost aine. the younpeople cing age in e '50s a '60s is it'almost aine. e comingf age wh the rld is cnging. - in ' wn i was winneg at thpan am ges, ani wawalking down t street with lph bost. ife were itennesseright now, we'be in serious ey her 'cau they dot particarly nt you tdo this. "we uld be iso much ouble "we'have to oss the reet. e wod not be allowed to wu "wed i remeer just ing,le "we'have to "wt?"he reet. - en thougwe were into ce soundednbelievae. and sit-s and l of tha were, ithis is e rightphrase, progress w comin but itasn't he yet.

w- and when y think aboutase, it, it w three yrs aftethe civil rights a and the were sll many,many plah ey said th said whes onl and drinng fountns and entrces to rtaurants and ings likthat. that w a beginng for m of se kind ounderstaing of what teammat went rough on daily bis that w a beginng for m of beg ricaamericanaing - by968, it gan to d more deeply to more btle, hien formof discrination. so soldis comingack fromvietnam were still encountering deeply segregated housing either in law or certainly in form. - you met athletes like mel pender cong back om vietn either in law or certainly in form. d all they know thatthey've beenighting r americ cong back om vietn they've en fightg fortainly in eedom, they'vbeen figing for equa. i di't sit bind a ofce desin vietnam. i was inhe jungl, man, mekong dta.

and i me home,om wast shsaid, "i need to gto thdoctor ichamblee d i said"okay." - d young n, youngoys,is enagers ing off the war thinkinghat theye dog somethg noble. not on are ty comingack chand thinkinghat theye butheyana dislikand ah an impe necessitand a wiingness i said, om, whatare we dn" do someing abouit. shsaid, "ts is whe we haveto si" i said"we who? e said, ell, thiis whe we'll ve to si" i sa, "no, y don't ve to siback her" so sheent and t the docanthreaten me.t and i said, "i just got back from vietnam "and i've seen some horrible things "and if you call a boy again and say anything nasty "to me in front of my mother, i will hurt you." i lost it. really lt it, stted crng. mama w crying. i goin(shs)c...

- the mo had beg to shif away frothe sortgandhi-eueapproh whh kingas takinto a re confrtationalpproach cause the thin were gog toslow, thatheir attpts at nonviolee were bei met witviolence king'seath broht to th surfac a fferent ce to th movement. it's oft hard to believk at anythinin the pt that it was er reallyhat way. play jor leue basebl neinhe unitestates.t nomany of white pple believk re up inrms abouit eithe and u wonderbout whi of o instituons toda will sm as incdible 20ears om now.

helps y underand the blacke noonly agast the wte man bwhh are asnfair d un-,s at is caed, ameran asll-whi basebalwas in 1947. - the inspirational ment for john carlos (sber musi and tommie smith was harry wards. harredwards me to back to n jose ste where head been honor gd. hean look ound hiswn caus and e that t black aletes were sort of in one corner and the rest of the caus was innother. he start to recoize that there d wit- peop in thisountryc have to gin to rognize thatlack peoe are hun begs also and tanone ofhe thinge that'm atteming to d this pot is tobring th ps whater means necesry.

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and i asd him, iaid, "g involvein an olpic project fohuman rits?" - lea prest and struggle agains. is boyco becausehis is and is is at we ar wointo elimite in ourrganizatn and in our tal struge. and is is at we ar would al like to - anhe said me, "the greatesthing abo it "ithat youill wakehe world up "andn a ve nonviolenway." why shou we partipate fo a untry and 10 effort d come bk to r homes and are nied somof the ghts thashould bgiven us andwell, wenew thathere to thsportsstablishnt and are nied somof the ghts thashould bgiven us s concerd, they re goa do evething th could andwell, wenew thathere to thsportsstablishnt prevent us om havg y put whatever in the olyic movemt.