Left: Tommie Smith and John Carlos, gold and bronze US medalists, raise fists in a Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympic Games. Right: John Carlos raises his fist at a conference on September 24 ...

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.

On the shirt was a black-and-white screenprint of (what I know now as) the iconic moment at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, where on the podium for the 200M medalists, Tommie Smith, John Carlos ...

How Tommie Smith and John Carlos’ 1968 Black Power salute inspired me to find my purpose OPINION: The picture (and actions) demonstrating the activism of the track stars at the 1968 Olympics ...

What is the Black Power salute and why is it significant? The Black Power salute has great historical significance when it comes to protesting racial injustice.

The Black Power salute was a gesture famously performed by 200-meter American medalists John Carlos and Tommie Smith on the victory stand at the Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968 to protest ...