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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Thinks an Olympic Boycott Is a Bad Idea

Forty years ago, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was invited to play for the United States basketball team in the Summer Olympics in Mexico City. It was a decision he struggled with as racial strife and the Vietnam War made participation a sticky issue for him. He ultimately chose not to play, because of a summer job not politics he...

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05/26/12 Fight goes on, without athletes Source: WA Today - Australia The rebel runner John Carlos doesn't expect to see anything like his Black Power salute at the London Olympic Games, writes Gary Younge.
05/24/12 'Who's going to pick up the baton and fight?', says... Source: Camden News Journal - London - UK NEARLY a thousand people filed into Friends House, Euston, on Monday night to hear legendary athlete John Carlos speak about the day he turned an Olympic podium into a political stage.
05/24/12 RACE TO THE LINE Source: SOCIALIST UNITY With John Carlos , one of the Mexico '68 podium protesters, on a speaking tour of Britain , author of a forthcoming book on the Olympics Mark Perryman describes the continuing clash of race and the Games.
05/22/12 Mark Steel: They can't license the Olympic spirit Source: The Independent - London - UK Because the Olympics is a celebration of humanity, there's mass derision for anyone who wants to introduce politics or protest.
05/22/12 Olympic bronze medallist and black power hero John... Source: Advertiser Online - Great Yarmouth - Norfolk - UK Olympic 200m bronze medallist and black power hero John Carlos is in Norwich tonight.