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Tommie Smith of the 'Back power' salute ! Mexico City 1968 Olympic 200 meter champion & first man to run under 20 seconds for 200 !

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Opinion | Athletes Are Finished Playing America’s Rigged Game (Published 2020)

Individuals like Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali and Colin Kaepernick changed society. Can this generation do it by banding together?

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This Statue Honors a Controversial Olympic Black Power Protest

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

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Two sprinters gave the black-power salute at the Olympics. It took them decades to recover from that gesture.

John Carlos and Tommie Smith were cast as villains after their protest on the medal stand.

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Tommie Smith (born June 6, 1944)[1] is an American former track & field athlete and wide receiver in the American Football League. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Smith won the 200-meter dash finals and gold medal in 19.83 seconds – the first time the 20-second barrier was broken legally. His Black Power salute with John Carlos atop the medal podium caused controversy at the time as it was seen as politicizing the Olympic Games. It remains a symbolic moment in the history of the American Civil Righ 1968 Olympics Black Power, Black Revolution, Black Power Salute, Mexico Olympics, Luis Gonzaga, Thomas Sankara, Tommie Smith, 1968 Olympics, American Football League

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Tommie Smith (born June 6, 1944)[1] is an American former track & field athlete and wide receiver in the American Football League. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Smith won the 200-meter dash finals and gold medal in 19.83 seconds – the first time the 20-second barrier was broken legally. His Black Power salute with John Carlos atop the medal podium caused controversy at the time as it was seen as politicizing the Olympic Games. It remains a symbolic moment in the history of the American Civil…

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The White Man in That Photo

Riccardo Gazzaniga | Sometimes photographs deceive. Take this one, for example. It represents John Carlos and Tommie Smith’s rebellious gesture the day they won medals for the 200 meters at the 1968 Summer Olympics in...

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The National Museum of African American History and Culture (Published 2016)

A curated walk through the hallways of the newest Smithsonian museum before it opens next week. 13 years in the making, it attempts to depict the pain and pride of the black experience in America.

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