The black power freedom salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics was a protest felt across the world and it remains a symbol against racism and for equality. The two men behind that moment were San ...

Figure caption, The runners Tommie Smith (centre) and John Carlos (right) giving the Black Power salute during their medal ceremony at the 1968 Olympics Protests like the March Against Fear showed ...

Winning the Olympic 200-meter final was “a moment ... "It was a polarizing moment because it was seen as an example of black power radicalism," says Doug Hartmann, a University of Minnesota ...

Smith and Carlos bowed their heads and raised a fist in a black leather glove ... his role at the time and did not compete at another Olympic games. 4. Smith and Carlos carried Peter Norman ...