The shock value of the Lionesses’ decision against taking the knee was that they still laboured, five years on, under a ...

Sprinter John Carlos was blasted for giving the Black Power Salute at the 1968 Olympics. Nearly a half century later, he's known as a hero.

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 fists in the Black Power salute ...

It all started at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. That’s when U.S. track and field Olympian John Carlos won the bronze medal in the 200-meter race.

45th anniversary of John Carlos-Tommie Smith ‘black power salute’ at ’68 Olympics theGRIO REPORT - On this day in 1968, at the Olympics Games in Mexico City, two black U.S. medalists ...

Top 10 moments in Olympic moments ft Black Power Salute, Abebe Bikila [Image Sources: Getty] The motto of the Olympics has been 'Citius, Altius, Fortius' (Faster, Higher, Stronger).

San Jose State University is in the process of restoring statues depicting the 1968 Olympics Black Power salute. The 22-foot-tall statues, honoring Tommie Smith and John Carlos, are covered in ...

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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 fists in the Black Power salute ...

advertisement 08-08-2021 DESIGN A brief history of art at the Olympics, from Nazi propaganda to the Black Power salute Art has long accompanied the arrival of the Olympics in a city.

The Olympics and political protest have always mixed, because sports are inherently political. The summer games in Tokyo will be no different.