It’s never too late to acknowledge you were wrong. Fifty-plus years after the U.S. Olympic Committee vilified Tommie Smith and John Carlos for taking a stand against racism and discrimination ...

John Carlos and Tommie Smith. Tommie Smith was born June 5, 1944, in Clarksville, Texas. John Carlos was born in Harlem, New York, a year later. They will forever be joined by the year 1968, ...

Athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos extending gloved fists skyward during the playing of the “Star-Spangled Banner” remains a moment etched in US history. Their gesture is an iconic image of ...

Happy birthday to Tommie Smith, who won the gold medal in the 220-meter dash at the 1968 Olympics but is best known, along with gold medalist John Carlos, for lifting in his arms in a defiant salut… ...

John Carlos and Tommie Smith. Tony Avelar/AP/Shutterstock “If we had let the incident regarding Tommie Smith and John Carlos pass without some sort of action being taken, we might have had some ...