Martin Luther King Jr, the figurehead of the civil rights movement, was assassinated just six months earlier. Tommie Smith, who performed the Black Power salute alongside John Carlos, won the gold ...

The Black Power salute photo, one of the most influential ... American cities had erupted in riots after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was gunned down two ...

Their "black power salute" during the playing of the ... Civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr had been killed only months before the Mexico games and the USA was gripped by civil rights ...

The Black Power salute photo, one of the most influential ... American cities had erupted in riots after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Two months later, Sen. Robert F.

And when the national anthem was played, they lowered their heads in defiance and raised their fists in a Black Power salute ... the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F.

Behind him fellow American John Carlos joins with his own Black Power salute ... America against segregation and racism. Both Martin Luther King Junior and Robert Kennedy had been assassinated ...

was smack in the middle of it when African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos chose that ceremony to make their famous "black power" salute. As the US grappled with the death of human ...

When my father, Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated ... and Tommy Smith were criticized by many for giving the ‘Black Power’ salute at the medal-awarding ceremony at the Mexico City ...

Martin Luther King Jr, the figurehead of the civil rights movement, was assassinated just six months earlier. Tommie Smith, who performed the Black Power salute alongside John Carlos, won the gold ...

Their "black power salute" during the playing of the ... Civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr had been killed only months before the Mexico games and the USA was gripped by civil rights ...