Fifty years ago Friday, Mexico City kicked off the opening ceremonies of the 1968 Summer Olympics. World records were shattered in those Games, but it was Tommie Smith's and John Carlos' medal ...

Ray wrote Clint Eastwood’s 2019 film, Richard Jewell, about the bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also wrote The Hunger Games and Captain Phillips .

Serena Williams will narrate "1968," a documentary about the 1968 Mexico City Summer Olympics and the turbulent political climate of the time. The film premieres Feb. 12 on NBC.

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.

That same summer, Mexico was gearing up to become the first Spanish-speaking country to ever host the Olympics. The 1968 games went down in history as athletes demonstrated the Black Power salute ...

Due to their protest at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Carlos and Smith were immediately expelled from the rest of the Games by United States Olympic Committee and given 48-hour notice to leave.

Lee Evans, the record-setting sprinter who wore a black beret in a sign of protest at the 1968 Summer Olympics and then went on to a life of humanitarian work in support of social justice, died ...

1968 Summer Olympics 200-meter bronze-medal winner John Carlos speaks during the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Wreath-Laying Ceremony held Sunday Jan. 15, 2017 at the Davis-Scott Family YMCA.

Detroit was one of three sites in the running for the 1968 Olympic Games, but its campaign drew protests from Black activists fighting racism.

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." ...

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 ...