He writes the popular weekly column 'The Edge of Sports' () and is a regular contributor to SI.com, SLAM, The Los Angeles Times, and The Nation where he is the publications first Sports Editor. 'John Carlos Memoir' is his first book.Dave Zirin is the author of four books, including Bad Sports, A Peoples' History of Sports in the United States, What's My Name Fool! and Welcome to the Terrordome. He was inducted into the USA Track & Field Hall of Fame in 2003. Now John Carlos tells his own version of the story, in conjunction with Dave Zirin, author of the groundbreaking Peoples History of Sports in the United. He later became a track coach at a high school in Palm Springs, where he now resides. He became involved with the United States Olympic Committee and helped to organize the 1984 Summer Olympics. After his track career, he enjoyed brief stints in the National Football League and Canadian Football League but retired due to injury. He went on to equal the world record in the 100 yard dash and beat the 200 meters world record. His black power salute on the podium with Tommie Smith caused much political controversy. He was a founding member of the Olympic Project for Human Rights and won the bronze-medal in the 200 meters race at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal in the 200-meter race at the 1968 Olympics, where his Black Power salute on the podium with Tommie Smith caused much political controversy.John Wesley Carlos: John Carlos is an African American former track and field athlete and professional football player. John Carlos is a former track and field athlete and professional football player, and a founding member of the Olympic Project for Human Rights.

Here is the remarkable story of one of the men behind the salute, lifelong activist John Carlos.

Yet their show of defiance remains one of the most iconic images of Olympic history and the Black Power movement.

I couldn't put this book down.-Michael Moore Seen around the world, John Carlos and Tommie Smith's Black Power salute on the 1968 Olympic podium sparked controversy and career fallout. How can you ask someone to live in the world and not have something to say about injustice In stock. And finally he has written a memoir to tell us his story-and a powerful story it is. 2012 NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Literary Work-Biography/Autobiography A powerful and poignant memoir.-Cornel West, from the foreword John Carlos is an American hero.

The John Carlos Story by John Carlos