John Carlos, who raised a black-gloved fist on an Olympic podium in 1968, knows what’s at risk. Accessibility statement Skip to main content. Democracy Dies in Darkness.

Tommie Smith’s Raised Fist at the 1968 Olympics Inspired a Massive Golden Sculpture That Signifies the Art of His Protest At the Smithsonian American Art Museum, an installation by artist Glenn ...

Olympic sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos won gold and bronze at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Their raised-fist salute outraged many viewers — and still resonates today.

The Olympian talks about his raised-fist salute, ... At the Summer Olympics in Mexico City that year, U.S. athlete Tommie Smith won the 200-meter; fellow teammate John Carlos came in third.

1968 Summer Olympics 200-meter bronze-medal winner John Carlos speaks during the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Wreath-Laying Ceremony held Sunday Jan. 15, ... raised a fist on the podium. ...

Gwen Berry raised a fist twice before the hammer thrower started her competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday night. Berry recorded a 71.35 in the hammer throw but finished far from the podium ...

On the podium at the 2019 Pan Am Games, Berry raised her fist. Then she paid for it . She was reprimanded by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and is now unsponsored.

Berry's raised fist drew comparisons to what was arguably the Olympics' most famous protest when sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos each raised a fist during the 200-meter medal ceremony at ...

One of the earliest known instances in the U.S. of a protester brandishing a raised fist occurred in 1913, when “Big Bill” Haywood spoke to strikers during the Paterson silk strike in New Jersey.

The 200-meter dash at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics lasted 19.8 seconds, and gold medalist Tommie Smith’s world record lasted 11 years. But the image of Smith and bronze medalist John Carlos on ...