Jackie built the bridge; we crossed it. Harry Edwards reflecting on Robinson endorsing the Olympic Project for Human Rights.
We are better than civil rights leaders being shot dead in broad daylight. Harry Edwards on the context of Smith and Carlos' protest at the 1968 Olympics.
Edwards received death threats and had a 3,000-page FBI file after prompting Smith and Carlos' protest. Pushback against civil rights movements was not peaceful.
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