1968 Olympic warm-up suit jacket worn by Tommie Smith

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A warm-up track suit jacket worn by Tommie Smith at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. The jacket is navy blue and has a stand-up, fold-over collar in a rib knit fabric. There is a zipper down the center front of the jacket that can go all the way up the collar. There is a 4" thick cuff on each sleeve and a 4" thick band around the bottom of the jacket, all in the same rib knit fabric as the collar. There are two red stripes going around both cuffs and the waistband, and two white stripes going around each of the red stripes. On the front of the jacket there is a white piece of rectangular fabric sewn on the upper waist area, 2/3 of it on the proper right and 1/3 on the proper left side. There is black text printed on the fabric.

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