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1968 Olympics Black Power salute. Gold medalist Tommie Smith (center) and bronze medalist John Carlos (right) showing the raised fist on the podium after the 200 m race at the 1968 Summer Olympics; both wear Olympic Project for Human Rights badges.
4 dni temu · This Happened — October 16: Two Raised Black-Gloved Fists At The Olympics. Updated Oct. 16, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in the Black Power Salute during the 200-meter medal ceremony at the Olympics on this day in 1968. Get This Happened straight to your inbox ️ each day!
You may know his name, and you definitely know the iconic photo of him standing next to Tommie Smith and Peter Norman on the medals podium at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, his black-gloved fist raised next to Smith’s in defiance of racial injustice.
27 wrz 2014 · Gold medalist Tommie Smith (center) and bronze medalist John Carlos (right) raise black-gloved fists during the American national anthem at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. Australian sprinter...
27 wrz 2013 · CHICAGO — On Oct. 16, 1968, 24-year-old Tommie Smith edged out Australian Peter Norman and American John Carlos in the 200-meter race at the Mexico City Olympics, breaking the world record at the...
16 paź 2018 · Arts & Culture Ideas. An Olympic salute to black power: what it means 50 years later. Michael McKinley October 16, 2018. U.S. athletes Tommie Smith, center, and John Carlos, right, extend...
It’s one of the most famous images in Olympic history. Tommie Smith and John Carlos, fists raised and heads bowed after winning gold and bronze in the 200 me...
