The 1968 athlete protest at the Mexico City Olympics proved to be a pivotal moment. When John Carlos and Tommie Smith staged several protests on the podium after the 200-meter race—most visibly ...

The Black Power salute photo, one of the most influential protest images of all ... world stage during the Summer Olympics in Mexico City. It was Oct. 16, 1968. Smith had just won gold and Carlos ...

The black power freedom salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics was a protest felt across the world and it remains a symbol ...

The feature will examine how the two track stars from San Jose State University became part of the protest at the Mexico City 1968 Olympic ... Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics,” came out in ...

Being more than 2,300 metres above sea level, Mexico City with its searing temperatures ... All over the world people were taking to the streets in protest. In the United States thousands of ...

The country of Mexico has had a long history with the modern Olympic Games beginning with Olympiad II in Paris in 1900.

As the Winter Olympics ... protests around the world, and the Soviet Union had crushed Czechoslovakia’s bid for freedom. That upheaval couldn’t be swept aside when the world came to Mexico ...