When San Jose State

NCD — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:48:43 +0000

In reply to Peter Norman and the Slow Turning Wheels of Justice

When San Jose State University approved a statue in 2005 of the fist raising 1968 Olympians, John Carlos refused permission unless Peter Norman was included.

Norman when informed, said he would rather his spot be left open, so people who supported the protest could stand in his position, alongside Carlos and Smith. Only after Norman told this to Carlos did Carlos agree to leave Norman out. The protest was about racism in sports and society, and by wearing no shoes when receiving the medals, its relationship to poverty.

At the 2000 Olympic Games in

A Guy Called LULU — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:56:55 +0000

In reply to Peter Norman and the Slow Turning Wheels of Justice

At the 2000 Olympic Games in Australia, Norman was “the only Australian Olympian to be excluded from making a VIP lap of honour at the Games, despite his status as one of the best sprinters in the home country's history,” the BBC’s Frost noted. “But the US athletics team were not going to ignore this omission. They invited Norman to stay at their own lodgings during the games, and welcomed him as one of their own. In an extraordinary turn of events, it was hurdling legend Ed Moses who greeted him at the door, and that year's 200m champion Michael Johnson who hugged him, saying: ‘You are my hero.’"

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When San Jose State

At the 2000 Olympic Games in