Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice - Paperback

$17.95

Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice - Paperback

Name: Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice - Paperback
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SKU: 9781324052159
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by Tommie Smith , Derrick Barnes , Dawud Anyabwile

$17.95

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by Tommie Smith (Author), Derrick Barnes (Author), Dawud Anyabwile (Author)

On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans. Both men were forced to leave the Olympics, received death threats, and faced ostracism and continuing economic hardships.

In his first-ever memoir for young readers, Tommie Smith looks back on his childhood growing up in rural Texas through to his stellar athletic career, culminating in his historic victory and Olympic podium protest. Cowritten with Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Honor recipient Derrick Barnes and illustrated with bold and muscular artwork from Emmy Award-winning illustrator Dawud Anyabwile, Victory. Stand! paints a stirring portrait of an iconic moment in Olympic history that still resonates today.

Number of Pages: 208

Dimensions: 0.46 x 9.46 x 6.6 IN

Illustrated: Yes

Publication Date: September 27, 2022

Award: National Book Awards (2022)

Award: Coretta Scott King Award (2023)

Accelerated Reader:

Quiz Name: Victory. Stand! Raising My Fist for Justice

Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12

Reading Level: 5.9

Point Value: 2

ISBN	9781324052159
Author	Tommie Smith , Derrick Barnes , Dawud Anyabwile
Publisher	Norton Young Readers
Genre	Young adult, Comics & graphic novels, Biography, and Sports
Format	Paperback
Published	September 2022
Language	ENG- English
Pages	208
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Teens & young adults and Adults
Print Size	Standard Print

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About Derrick Barnes

Derrick Barnes is a National Book Award Finalist for his graphic novel Victory. Stand!-Raising My Fist For Justice, which also won the YALSA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award, and a Coretta Scott King Award Author Honor. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning picture book Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut which received a Newbery Honor, a Coretta Scott King Author Honor, the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award, and the Kirkus Prize for Young Readers. In 2020, he became the only author to win the Kirkus Prize twice for the New York Times bestseller, I Am Every Good Thing, which also won a Charlotte Huck Award and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor. Derrick is also the creator of the New York Times bestselling companion picture books, The King of Kindergarten and The Queen of Kindergarten. He is a native of Kansas City, MO, but currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his enchanting wife, Dr. Tinka Barnes, and their four sons, the Mighty Barnes Brothers.