As The Star Spangled Banner Played At The 1968 Olympic Games In Mexico, Tommie Smith And John Carlos Bowed Their Heads And Raised Clinched Fists, Which Was At The Time, A Symbol Of Black Power And Racial Unity.
Smith Wore A Black Glove On His Right Hand And Carlos Wore One On His Left Hand. The Athletes Gave The Black Power Salute To Protest Racial Discrimination In The United States.
Smith And Carlos Won Medals, Respectively, In The 200-Meter Dash (Smith Won The Gold Medal, Carlos Won The Bronze Medal). The Two Men Were Allowed To Keep Their Medals, But Were Suspended From The U.S. Team And Prohibited From Further Competition.
Tommie Smith & John Carlos 2008 Arthur Ashe Courage Award Pt. 1
Tommie Smith & John Carlos 2008 Arthur Ashe Courage Award Pt. 2
"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
Great Moment Of course this Moment was Preceded and Inspired by the Protest of the Greatest Basketball Player of all Time, Kareem Abdul Jabaar deciding not to be a part of The Olympics at all.
Friday, October 16th 2009 at 7:57AM
robert powell
I didn't realize that you did a blog on these men when I did my post in the news section...sorry about that. Great blog by the way & thanks for this history lesson Brother Hugh!
Monday, October 19th 2009 at 10:06AM
Jen Fad
Jen, ABSOLUTELY NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE!!!! The more info. that's out there, the better!! We're not in competition, here. We ALL have the capacity to research and provide information to and for OUR People!! Keep doing what you do!!
Monday, October 19th 2009 at 11:12AM
Hugh Gaddy
Why do we doubt so much...YES WE CAN...YES WE WILL UNITE ONE DAY...when we learn more about BIA.(smile)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
