John Carlos: Running for Justice

John Carlos: Running for Justice

What does an Olympic athlete do after his politics get him suspended from the US track team and banned from the Olympic Village? 

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What does an Olympic athlete do after his politics get him suspended from the US Olympic team and banned from the Olympic Village? 

Dr. John Carlos recently sat down with Dr. Cornel West and The Nation‘s Dave Zirin to look into just how Carlos confronted this problem in The John Carlos Story, a new book about his life and career.

—Erin Schikowski

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