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Tommie Smith and John Carlos
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The iconic gesture enters a new kind of history: art history
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My History
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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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Black Panthers by Stephen Shames, New Haven (1970)
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Tommy Smith and John Carlos Olympic Protest.
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50 years ago today Tommie Smith and John Carlos took a stand and raised their fists during the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City This will always be one of our favorite moments and favorite pins
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Black Panther Women: The Unsung Activists Who Fed and Fought for Their Community | Collectors Weekly
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John Carlos (right) and Tommie Smith (center) wearing black gloves, black socks, and no shoes at the 200 m award ceremony of the 1968 Olympics.
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The Black Consciousness Movement started as a student movement and quickly became the voice and spirit of anti-Apartheid resistance in 1970s South Africa.
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Tommie Smith and John Carlos are the men that won the OLYMPIC MEDALS back in 1968 and stood on the podium with their fists pumped....POWERFUL
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