One of the most enduring images of athletes making a sociopolitical statement has to be gold and bronze medal winners Tommie Smith and John Carlos throwing up their ...

Tommie Smith, who performed the Black Power salute alongside John Carlos, won the gold medal for the 200-metre sprint event at the 1968 Olympics. Smith completed the race in just 19.83 seconds ...

On Oct. 16, 1968, Tommie Smith and ... Tommie Smith, John Carlos did the Black Power salute at the Olympics on this day in 1968. Analis Bailey. USA TODAY.

W hen Olympic sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos stood atop the medal podium at the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City, bowed their heads and raised black-gloved fists during the playing of the ...

One of the most enduring images of athletes making a sociopolitical statement has to be gold and bronze medal winners Tommie Smith and John Carlos throwing up their ...

One of the most enduring images of athletes making a sociopolitical statement has to be gold and bronze medal winners Tommie Smith and John Carlos throwing up their ...

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Black Power salute and protest of Olympic gold and bronze medalists John Carlos and Tommie Smith at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico.

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 ...

Tommie Smith, who performed the Black Power salute alongside John Carlos, won the gold medal for the 200-metre sprint event at the 1968 Olympics. Smith completed the race in just 19.83 seconds ...

One of the most enduring images of athletes making a sociopolitical statement has to be gold and bronze medal winners Tommie Smith and John Carlos throwing up their ...

One of the most enduring images of athletes making a sociopolitical statement has to be gold and bronze medal winners Tommie Smith and John Carlos throwing up their ...