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Today's photo was taken at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. Tommie Smith, the gold medallist in the 200-meter race, and John Carlos, the bronze medallist, gave the black power salute as an anti-racial protest as they stood on the podium with Australian silver medallist Peter Norman. Smith and Carlos were told to leave the Olympic village after the incident, which many viewed as a Black Power salute. The pair were ridiculed by Olympic officials and by the mainstream press, but their protest and its image have become iconic symbols of black struggle.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47vvdOfPzLY]Black History: 1968 Olympics - YouTube[/ame]
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