Over five decades after two SJSU students Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in a protest felt across the world, ...
The historic 1968 men's 200m race featuring Tommie Smith and John Carlos turns out to be track legend Michael Johnson's ...
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. What was the Black Power ...
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Glenn Kaino’s “Bridge” installation animates the protest of Tommie Smith and John Carlos while honoring the Olympic Project for Human Rights.
Anyone aware of acts of protest, feats of conscience, and other deeds of courage will recall the raising of clenched fists at the 1968 Olympic Games.
After finishing first and third in the 200 meters during the Summer Olympic games on Oct. 16, 1968, Smith and Carlos raised their fists.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Echo Summit, the site of the 1968 U.S. Olympic men’s track and field trials, was recognized in 2014 as a California Historical Landmark. Now, just 10 years later ...
The idea grew and in 1968, the first-ever Special Olympics at Soldier Fields in Chicago, Illinois.