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United States Olympic Gold Medalist in Track & Field Tommie Smith joins a new episode of #NBATogether with Ernie Johnson. Smith reflects on the powerful moment he and John Carlos shared during the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. Smith and Carlos made headlines around the world by raising their fists with black gloves at the…

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United States Olympic Gold Medalist in Track & Field Tommie Smith joins a new episode of #NBATogether with Ernie Johnson. Smith reflects on the powerful moment he and John Carlos shared during the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. Smith and Carlos made headlines around the world by raising their fists with black gloves at the medal award ceremony. Both athletes wore black socks and no shoes on the podium to symbolize African-American poverty in the US.

“#NBATogether with Ernie Johnson” is a new social talk show hosted by Ernie Johnson & features high-profile guests from across the basketball community.

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  1. David Yen Jr

    July 1, 2020 at 8:13 pm

    Ernie Johnson is awesome and much love to Tommie Smith.

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  2. KingCo Anderson

    July 1, 2020 at 8:25 pm

    Where is Chuck?

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  3. Stephen Camilleri

    July 1, 2020 at 8:31 pm

    What a great 🇦🇺 Peter Norman was 🙏

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  4. myles mills

    July 1, 2020 at 10:00 pm

    So cool

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