SJSU statue descriptive feature

A Blue Statue of two track runners standing tall and proud with their fists covered with a black glove lifted up in the air signifying solidarity.

The two men didn’t have their shoes on when they stood on the podium resembling the African-American rights protest.

Tommie Smith and John Carlos ran the 200-meter race in the 1968 Olympics games in Mexico City.

The 22-feet blue statue represents the protest the two African-American track runners made during 1968 Mexico Olympics.

These two giant and well sculpted men are standing on a podium wearing a dark blue ceramic tiles as track suits.

Smith holds a wooden box made of ceramic glass that has olive branches on it symbolizing peace.

Carlos’ unzipped jacket reveled the colors of the necklace he wore which are green, yellow and red. It’s as if he was using the Rastafari colors for a reason.

The two runners wore the white badge next to the USA emblem for human rights.

A gold medal hanging down from a green necklace representing first place is visible for people to see.

Both of them stand with a single shoe that seems very worn out as their feet covered in a black vertically stripped socks that is visible because of their rolled up pants.

The colors blue and the red stripes coming down on the side of their pants represented USA.

Peter Norman is missing from the second place on the podium.

In his place are the words “TAKE A STAND” and “NORMAN STOOD HERE IN SOLIDARITY.”