Many have called on the iconic fist-raising photo as athletes across several sports and skill levels continue to join Colin Kaepernick's national anthem protest.
The 1968 Olympics in Mexico City were made famous by African-American track and field gold medalist, Tommie Smith, bronze medalist John Carlos and Australian silver medalist Peter Norman. The two black men who had earned top honors in the race wore black gloves and held up tight fists in honor of the black power movement […]
Tommie Smith, who famously raised his fist as a symbol of Black power in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City is selling his gold medal and sneakers he wore during the Olympics according to USA Today. Smith’s famous fist salute caused a great deal of controversy. Originally Black athletes had planned to boycott the Olympics […]
