Sports & Resistance
Against The Current vol. 118
Asen, Peter Ian
http://www.solidarity-us.org//node/249Publisher: Against The Current
Date Written: 01/09/2005
Year Published: 2005
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX13187
The two most famous fists in American history belong to Tommie Smith and John Carlos. In 1968, Smith and Carlos finished gold and bronze, respectively, in the 200-meter dash competition in the Olympic Games in Mexico City. Just months before, the two African-American men, both members of the Olympic Committee to Protect Human Rights (OPHR), had been considering a boycott of the games with their fellow OPHR members.
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