Wayne Collett
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title:
Wayne Collett
text:
Wayne Curtis Collett was an African-American Olympic sprinter. Collett won a silver medal in the 400 m at the 1972 Summer Olympics. During the medal ceremony Collett and winner Vincent Matthews talked to each other, shuffled their feet, stroked their chins and fidgeted while the US national anthem played, leading many to believe it was a Black Power protest like the 1968 Olympics Black Power salute by Tommie Smith and John Carlos. The Associated Press noted that the casual behavior of Matthews a
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American sprinter
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Collett
date created:
2006-10-13T20:25:55Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T15:40:33Z
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