#Madison Civil Rights Icon John Carlos to Visit Occupy Madison 4:30pm Thursday 10/20 - Who is John Carlos? “He was the bronze-medal winner in the 200 meters at the 1968 Summer Olympics and his black power salute on the podium withTommie Smith caused much political controversy. “
Occupy Madison’s facebook page / twitter / web site / google map to site
Here is a Youtube video about his memoir The John Carlos Story - which he’ll talk about @ 7:30PM at the Madison Public Library
Interview with John Carlos at Democracy Now.

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