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

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

Glenn Kaino’s “Bridge” installation animates the protest of Tommie Smith and John Carlos while honoring the Olympic Project for Human Rights.

But he gets the details about the Mexico City Olympics slightly wrong. Tommie Smith — surely the most elegant sprinter ever to grace the track — and John Carlos raised their gloved fists in a ...

In 1968, Peter Norman won Olympic silver, but his lasting legacy was a stance for justice on the podium alongside Tommie ...

Don’t bring your politics into sports.” “Shut up and dribble.” “Be grateful.” There is a longstanding tradition of ridiculing ...

New head of L.A. Olympics organizing committee Reynold Hoover draws on his planning experience as top military officer during ...

Has a long history with activism, from her parents who were involved in Mexico’s 1968 protest movement ... head of the Tlalpan district of Mexico City. 2018-June 2023 – First woman elected ...

Tommie Smith and John Carlos, two Black Americans, raised their fists in protest during the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. The ...