1968 Olympics Black Power salute
On the morning of 16 October 1968, US athlete Tommie Smith won the 200 meter race with a world-record time of 19.83 seconds. Australia's Peter Norman finished second with a time of 20.06 seconds, and the US's John Carlos won third place with a time of 20.10 seconds. After the race was completed, the three went to the podium for their medals to be presented by David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter. The two US athletes received their medals shoeless, but wearing black socks, to represent black poverty. Smith wore a black scarf around his neck to represent black pride, Carlos had his tracksuit top unzipped to show solidarity with all blue-collar workers in the US and wore a necklace of beads which he described "were for those individuals that were lynched, or killed and that no-one said a praye
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1968 Olympics Black Power salute
On the morning of 16 October 1968, US athlete Tommie Smith won the 200 meter race with a world-record time of 19.83 seconds. Australia's Peter Norman finished second with a time of 20.06 seconds, and the US's John Carlos won third place with a time of 20.10 seconds. After the race was completed, the three went to the podium for their medals to be presented by David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter. The two US athletes received their medals shoeless, but wearing black socks, to represent black poverty. Smith wore a black scarf around his neck to represent black pride, Carlos had his tracksuit top unzipped to show solidarity with all blue-collar workers in the US and wore a necklace of beads which he described "were for those individuals that were lynched, or killed and that no-one said a praye
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Der Protest bei den Olympische ...... aktionen des 20. Jahrhunderts.
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El saludo Black Power de los J ...... himno nacional estadounidense.
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On the morning of 16 October 1 ...... derstand what we did tonight."
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ブラックパワー・サリュート（英:The Black Powe ...... たちが行った、拳を高く掲げ黒人差別に抗議する示威行為である。
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Der Protest bei den Olympische ...... aktionen des 20. Jahrhunderts.
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El saludo Black Power de los J ...... himno nacional estadounidense.
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On the morning of 16 October 1 ...... d and that no-one said a praye
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ブラックパワー・サリュート（英:The Black Powe ...... たちが行った、拳を高く掲げ黒人差別に抗議する示威行為である。
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1968 Olympics Black Power salute
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Protest bei den Olympischen Spielen 1968
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Saludo del Poder Negro en los Juegos Olímpicos de 1968
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ブラックパワー・サリュート
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