On this day in history, July 20, 1968, the first Special Olympics International Games were held in Chicago, organized by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of President John F. Kennedy.

Dick Fosbury, legendary Olympic gold high jumper who revolutionized the track and field event, died Sunday of lymphoma, according to his publicist Ray Schulte. Fosbury was 76. “It is with a very ...

Editor’s note: 1968 was a watershed year for the United States: The assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, escalation of the Vietnam War, and racial and ...

Plans were drawn up for potential Olympic venues, including a new main stadium at 8 Mile and Woodward. A song was written titled “Detroit Is Great for the Olympics in 1968." ...

Olympics Jim Hines, Olympic gold medalist and first man to run 100-meter in under 10 seconds, dead at 76 Hines won gold at the 1968 Summer Olympics ...

ECHO SUMMIT, Calif. — More than 50 years since qualifying for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, four Team U.S.A. Track and Field members were back where their journey started at Echo ...

A song was written titled “Detroit Is Great for the Olympics in 1968." But as boosters rallied around dreams of Detroit on the global stage, racism at home sparked protests against the idea.

FILE - In this 1968 file photo, Dick Fosbury, of the United States, clears the bar in the high jump competition at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Fosbury is celebrated for the "Fosbury Flop ...

Detroit was one of three sites in the running for the 1968 Olympic Games, but its campaign drew protests from Black activists fighting racism. Just in time for the Paris Olympics comes a film on ...