Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Oct. 16, 1968 file photo, United States athletes Tommie Smith, top center, and John Carlos, top right, extend their gloved ...

On Oct. 16, 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos made a powerful statement on the podium after the 200-meter dash in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Smith won the gold medal after winning in 19 ...

The iconic photograph of two Black athletes standing on the podium at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, heads bowed and fists raised in the Black Power Salute as “The Star-Spangled Banner” played ...

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In the 1968 Summer Olympics, Tommie Smith and John Carlos had just won the gold and bronze medals, respectively, for their record-breaking runs in the 200-meter race when they raised their ...

As the 1968 Olympian turns 80, his life provides a lesson for our times: Don’t sell out. Born June 5, 1945, John Carlos became part of one of the most iconic photos in sports or protest history, when ...

The unranked Iowa Hawkeyes (8-8, 2-3 Big Ten) put up quite a battle on their home court with the No. 64 Oregon women’s tennis team (11-5, 2-2... While most students are off on spring break, No. 19 ...

To sleep with anger -- Harlem world -- Street level protest: "you have forty-eight hours ..." -- Trouble in Texas -- 1968 -- The medal stand -- The unraveling -- Efforts at resurrection -- Save your ...

Correction Appended: Aug. 7, 2012 At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, after African-American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos won the gold and bronze, respectively, in the 200 meters, the two ...

The spirit of protest didn’t end for John Carlos with a clinched, raised fist on a podium in Mexico City. More than 56 years after that moment Carlos shared a forum in Colorado Springs with Smith on ...