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In 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos performed the Black Power salute at the Olympics that outraged millions of white Americans.—The was an act of protest by the U.S. athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos during their medal ceremony at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the Olympic Stadium in Mexico City.As they turned to face their flags and hear the American national anthem (The Star-Spangled Banner), they each raised a Black-gloved fist and kept them raised until the anthem had finished. Smith, Carlos and Australian silver medalist Peter Norman all wore human rights badges on their jackets.The event is regarded as one of the most overtly political statements in the history of the modern Olympic Games.Both athletes were kicked off the US team for their protest.
Arthur Wharton's Story - Arthur Wharton Foundation
Arthur became the first official fastest man when he ran a record time of 10 seconds dead in the 100 yards (now meters) on the 3rd July 1886.
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A true sporting pioneer and trailblazer
Arthur “Kwame” Wharton was born in Jamestown, Ghana in 1865.
In 1883, he moved to England to train as a missionary at Cleveland College, Darlington.
It was there he began his amazing sporting careers, competing as a ‘gentleman amateur’, but soon abandoning this in favour of becoming a full-time athlete.
Arthur became the first official fastest man when he ran a record time of 10 seconds dead in the 100 yards (now meters) on the 3rd July 1886 at Stamford Bridge, London.
His World Record would stand for over 30 years.
Arthur went on to become the world’s first black professional footballer.
He also later became a cycling champion, professional cricketer and a rugby player.
Arthur’s achievements in the face of adversity, his contribution to the communities he lived in and the scale of his successes make him a unique figurehead.
Ralph Waldo Ellison, novelist, literary critic, and scholar, was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 1933, Ellison entered Tuskegee Institute on a music scholarship, but after his third year, he moved to New York City, where he met Richard Wright, who encouraged him to pursue a career in writing.
From 1937 to 1944, Ellison had over 20 book reviews, short stories, and articles published in magazines. In 1952, he published the novel “Invisible Man” which won the 1953 National Book Award. In 1964, Ellison published “Shadow and Act,” a collection of essays, and began to teach at Rutgers and Yale University. In 1969, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the following year he became a permanent member of the faculty at New York University. In 1975, he was elected to The American Academy of Arts and Letters and Oklahoma City honored him with the Ralph Waldo Ellison Library. In 1985, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
Ellison died on April 16, 1994, and his manuscripts “Flying Home and Other Stories” and “Juneteenth” were published posthumously in 1996 and 1999, respectively.
From 1937 to 1944, Ellison had over 20 book reviews, short stories, and articles published in magazines. In 1952, he published the novel “Invisible Man” which won the 1953 National Book Award. In 1964, Ellison published “Shadow and Act,” a collection of essays, and began to teach at Rutgers and Yale University. In 1969, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the following year he became a permanent member of the faculty at New York University. In 1975, he was elected to The American Academy of Arts and Letters and Oklahoma City honored him with the Ralph Waldo Ellison Library. In 1985, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
Ellison died on April 16, 1994, and his manuscripts “Flying Home and Other Stories” and “Juneteenth” were published posthumously in 1996 and 1999, respectively.
Why the fuck did he volunteerThe youngest American KIA in the Vietnam war was Dan Bullock. He was only 14 years old when he enlisted in the USMC in September of 1968 after falsifying his BC. Dan lost his life in Vietnam 5/18/69 and was KIA 6/7/69. A satchel charge tossed into his watch post in an ambush. 2 fellow Marines were also KIA.. He was just 15 years old
Bitch has to be a cac....sista would have stood by himRoger Holder, aged 18, of the 11th ACR, Vietnam 1967, He would later be a part of the longest-distance hijacking in American history.
A few months after this picture was taken, Holder was seriously wounded by a landmine. Later, after serving time for marijuana possession, he went AWOL. In 1972, he hijacked a plane (Western Airlines Flight 701) with his girlfriend Marie Kerkow and fled to Algeria with a sizable ransom; it remains the longest-distance hijacking in American history. They later relocated to Paris. In 1977 Marie told him she was going to Switzerland to acquire new documents; she has never been seen again and she is still considered a fugitive by the FBI. Roger suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and PTSD, and returned to the US in 1986. He spent two years in prison, after which he struggled to find a place in society, mostly working as a day laborer. He died in 2012 aged 62.
This rare picture shows a maintenance area in the Skunk Works in Palmdale, California.
You’ll notice (on the far right) in this photograph of SR 71, 955
The first test bird SR-71 was the 955. The last test bird was the 972.
The skunk on the tail meant it was a Skunk Works test bird. The first test bird, SR-71, was 955, and the last was 972.
The 955's last flight was on January 24, 1985. Because she had been modified so many times, she did not represent the SRs flown at Beale.
The next SR-71, due to extensive maintenance in the rotation, was made the new Skunk Works test plane. This is how the 972 received the “senior skunk” on her tail.
This is the same SR-71 that made the flight from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., in 64 minutes.
You can see it in the place of honor at the Smithsonian Air and Space Udvar-Hazy Center in Sterling, Virginia.
Ice Cube with 73 year old Ms. Parker from Friday
His time was 10.3s which is almost a second sec slower than Usain Bolt's current record at 9.58s but still beats the women's all time 100m record 10.49
.Peep they weren't pushing off blocks back then either, so imagine if Jesse had that advantage.
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Big Pun before the weight gain
Damn, how did Big Pun gain all that weight.Big Pun before the weight gain
My old ass friends use to clown me because I loved his 1st album.
RIP Big Pun
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