"People call it 'the Black Power Salute'. It Is not the Black Power Salute. We call it the silent gesture to let people know around the world that we are human beings." d713l "It has given me things that I can never repay. I have a niece who is a secondary school teacher who says you really have had a wonderful life. She's right and I really have."Just an amazing life," he says.Black History Month d713l Probably the biggest influence in Pender's life was to enlist in the US Army at the age of 17. He left his friends and it was also a way to escape the discrimination as a young Black person in the South. d713l But it is also a demonstration of the growing talent pool at Southgate's disposal. England's upward trajectory has been fuelled by young, emerging talent. d713l