BOSTON: The hand that John Carlos once raised in a gloved fist was bare, the long fingers spread wide. “People didn’t want to understand what the fist meant,” he said.
And then he explained. “They tried to equate it to the Black Panthers. That was their choice,” the former Olympic exile said on Wednesday. “But if you look at my hand, there’s five fingers, five individuals. They’re versatile but independent. They have no power, but when they are together, they become powerful.
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