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Title: Australia's Peter Norman honored for 1968 Olympic protest
Post by: AngelOfThyNight on April 28, 2018, 09:00:57 AM

Australia's Peter Norman honored for 1968 Olympic protest

SYDNEY        (AP) -- Peter Norman, the Australian sprinter who shared the podium with Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos and backed their Black Power salutes at the 1968 Mexico City Games, was posthumously given his country's highest Olympic award Saturday for his "brave stand" 50 years ago....
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