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 ...

Tommie Smith and John Carlos, two Black Americans, raised their fists in protest during the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. The WNBA as a league has been brave and active. Even James himself has been ...

By October, tensions had cooled a bit. At least until American track athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos decided to make a statement of their own. After helping to organize a potential boycott ...

WSBT 22 is giving a salute to our unsung heroes. Tonight, we honor Seaman First Class John Beeson Tucker of Etna Green. Tucker served in the US Navy during World War II. He was declared missing in ...

In 1968, he and John Carlos raised their fists during an Olympic medal ceremony. Their demonstration still inspires athletes, artists and marginalized people everywhere. By Adam Bradley Few ...

Track and field athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos, American-born Black men, stamped their names in history for throwing up Black power fists on the Olympic podium at the 1968 Mexico Olympics.

The Dayton Metro Library will soon host Olympic medalist and civil rights activist John Carlos in an event titled “Athletics and Activism — The Journey of a 1968 Olympic Medalist.” ...

Donation Options Search Search Search U.S. athletes Tommie Smith (center) and John Carlos stare downward during the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” after Smith received the gold and ...

At the 1968 Olympic Trials, John Carlos stunned the track world when he beat Tommie Smith in the 200 meter finals and surpassed Smith's world record by 0.3 second. Though the record was never ratified ...

John Carlos, the 1968 Olympic 200-meter bronze medalist, whose fist raising on the medal podium sent shockwaves throughout the world, sprinted through Staten Island on Tuesday. Appearing at a ...

US athlete Tommie Smith attained international fame when he gave the Black Power salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, 55 years ago. But as the exclusive BBC Archive clips in this new series ...