The play examines both the bravery and sacrifice of two African American Olympians' famous Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City
Fifty-five years ago, African American track athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their black-gloved fists in the air and bowed their heads during the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” on the medals stand at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
“It explores these greater themes about protest and being an ally and making this personal sacrifice and what we’re doing it for,” he said. “It’s about the idea of standing up for something that sounds easier than it really is.” Nobody outside that hotel room knows what was discussed that evening, but in the weeks and months that followed, Clay would change his name to Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X would break with the Nation of Islam, Cooke would record his first protest song, “A Change is Gonna Come,” and Brown would leave the NFL to pursue a movie career. Within a year of that fateful night, both Cooke and Malcolm X would be shot to death.
“We all want to be heroes, and you might leave this saying careful what you wish for,” Powers said. “Heroism is having a medal pinned on you for doing a thing, but the wounds you have to sustain become scars that live with you forever.”U.S. track athletes Tommie Smith, center, and John Carlos stare downward during the national anthem after Smith received the gold medal, and Carlos, the bronze, in the men’s 200-meters at the Summer Olympics in Mexico City on Oct. 16, 1968.
Powers said that as a young man, he remembers being inspired by the bravery of Smith, Carlos and Norman. But one thing he has noticed over the years is how young people have a different perception of acts of bravery from people of older generations.
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