Events 2015

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5. John Carlos (1968 Olympic medalist with the clenched fist) in Seattle 1/22

Thursday, January 22at 7:00pm

• Quincy Jones Auditorium, Garfield High School, 400 23rd Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
The chant “BLACK LIVES MATTER” has echoed across America and inspired a new generation of activists to take to the streets in defense of black people who are murdered daily by a racist injustice system. This community panel will connect the current struggle and the youth leading that struggle to the Black Power movement of the 1960s-1970s. After the panel there will be group breakouts for people to talk about next steps and to get involved in the movement.

Speakers:

JOHN CARLOS: 1968 Olympic Bronze medalist who raised his black gloved fist in a statement of struggle and resistance on the medal stand and became a global icon in the fight against racism, co-author of The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed The World, Black Power Icon

JESSE HAGOPIAN: Member of SEE: Social Equality Educators, Advisor for the Garfield High School Black Student Union, author of More Than A Score: The New Uprising Against High Stakes Testing Gerald Hankerson: President of the Seattle-King County NAACP

DAVE ZIRIN: Host of Edge of Sports, co-author of The John Carlos Story: The Sports Movement That Changed The World, Sports writer for The Nation Magazine

Other speakers forthcoming.

Books will be for sale after event and authors will be available for signing.

Sponsored by the Seattle International Socialist Organization & SEE: Social Equality Educators