Before Tibetan monks were protesting the 2008 Olympics with China there was another protest 40 years ago! I know that the month of February bka Black History Month, aka the coldest month in winter(Im still getting chills) has already came and went. But if all else we get to recognize the achievements of many heroes/heroines that have contributed greatly to our world who were Afrikan/Arikan –American. We must recognize the stance taken by those against the authority that was against equal rights, representation and justice.(Ok had to hit you with a lil hstory book language) So our sneaker manufacture comrades at PUMA decided that a shoe should commemorate an everlasting moment within those turbulent 60’s when Black pride was beautifully rampant throughout the inner cities in America. Yet a down south brother from Texas named Tommie Smith who was a track star, along with his fellow teammate John Carlos from Harlem during the 1968 Olympics in Mexico decided as they graced the 1st and 3rd place medal stand to raise their clenched black gloved fist(black power salute) for the world to recognize that they too were connected to the struggle of equal rights in America and abroad for those of Afrikan decent. Respectively PUMA has decided to create two shoes ( all red and all black) to recognize this important symbol-imagery in American and Olympic History. I could get more detailed but the image and the shoes speak for themselves…UHURU!!
GET UP STAND UP
KYLE is co-founder of Precise Minds Filmworks and can be reached at the link section of this site.
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