The black power freedom salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics was a protest felt across ... Exactly 56 years after raising his fist, Dr. Tommie Smith, one of the men behind the powerful protest ...

each raising a gloved fist for Black power while “The Star-Spangled Banner” played at the Mexico City Olympics. The Summer Games have been our time to make a statement since 1904 when hurdler ...

As the national anthem played and an international TV audience watched, each man bowed his head and raised a fist. After the ... was seen as an example of black power radicalism," says Doug ...