Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), July 14th, 2004
Byline: Jay Weiner; Staff Writer Sacramento, Calif. -- Thirty six years removed from one of the most stunning events in sports history, the actors in the drama gathered at the U.S. Olympic trials last Saturday. Part "The Big Chill," part "We Shall Overcome," the athletes who competed in and demonstrated at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics reminisced and preached. White and black, rowers and runners, the one thing they had in common, besides the graying hair and the paunch of passing time, was a belief that sports, especially the Olympics, can be used as a platform, a lever for political theater...
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