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lostinausten's review
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4.5
The true story of Tommie Smith's journey to the Olympics and his impact on history.
This was such a powerful book! It's a graphic novel that is really accessible to kids.The illustrations were so captivating and beautiful. I really enjoyed the mix of history (ie the Civil Rights Movement) and Tommie Smith's own experience. It was really well blended and gave a great context to his experience. As a teacher, I really appreciated how much detail went into explaining how hard Tommie worked and how he wanted to make the world a better, more accepting place.
This was such a powerful book! It's a graphic novel that is really accessible to kids.The illustrations were so captivating and beautiful. I really enjoyed the mix of history (ie the Civil Rights Movement) and Tommie Smith's own experience. It was really well blended and gave a great context to his experience. As a teacher, I really appreciated how much detail went into explaining how hard Tommie worked and how he wanted to make the world a better, more accepting place.
juanitamfm's review
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5.0
This is an excellent graphic novel about the life of Olympic medalist Tommie Smith and the events that led up to the iconic protest picture from the 1968 Olympics. It’s a great book for middle grade students.
greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
inspiring
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medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Child death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Slavery, and Violence
ecallahan's review against another edition
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hopeful
informative
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4.0
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Moderate: Racism
starla_anne's review against another edition
emotional
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5.0
lindseythelibrarian's review against another edition
4.0
Wow! I remember learning about Tommie’s story in a high school history class however, I didn’t realize who this was until I got to that tumultuous moment at the Olympics. Amazing ❤️
christiana's review
4.0
(TW for racial slur)I didn't know about a lot of Tommie Smith's advocacy or how harsh the Olympic Committee was on he and John Carlos after they raised their fist. And he tied a world record and then immediately got himself to the Selma march! And they got the Olympic committee to hire more black coaches and fire the Nazi on the committee! I learned a lot and the graphic format is fun too. Also also, cool tie to Ohio that Oberlin offered him the first real job he had post Olympics when Pontiac fired him!