(BLACK POWER) SMITH TOMMIE JOHN CARLOS Olympiada en Mexico

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(BLACK POWER.) SMITH, TOMMIE & JOHN CARLOS. Olympiada en Mexico. Olympics in Mexico. Lobby card, showing African American Athletes giving black power salute. 12 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches, small pinholes. Mexico City, 1968

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The 1968 Olympics Black Power salute was an act of protest by the African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos during their medal ceremony at the Olympic Stadium in Mexico City. As they turned to face their flags and hear the Star-Spangled Banner, they each raised a black-gloved fist and kept them raised until the anthem had finished. Smith, Carlos and Australian silver medalist Peter Norman all wore human rights badges on their jackets. In his autobiography, Silent Gesture, Tommie Smith stated that the gesture was not a "Black Power" salute, but a "human rights salute". The event is regarded as one of the most overtly political statements in the history of the modern Olympic Games.