#Repost @history with @get_repost ・・・ On #ThisDayinHistory 1968, an iconic moment happened at the Mexico Olympics. U.S. sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos protested racial inequality in the United States and the pre-Olympics violence in Mexico from the medal stand. Each man held their gloved fist aloft in the black power salute as the U.S. anthem played. What many don’t know is that the third man on the medal stand, Australian Peter Norman, was also protesting. On his jacket you can see a pin, it’s an Olympic Project for Human Rights pin. All three men were punished to varying degrees by the Olympics and their respective countries. Smith and Carlos were suspended from the U.S. team by the IOC and eventually expelled from the games. Norman’s career suffered greatly, and he never competed in another Olympics, nor was he welcomed to the 2000 Sydney Olympics even though he still holds the Australian 200 meter record. When Norman died in 2006, Smith & Carlos served as pallbearers. #Olympics #1968 #protest #blackpower #JohnCarlos #TommieSmith #PeterNorman (at Home Sweet Home) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpAQNrIFLH_mgxmIgy0cYCbEfBPQPl9JxcB8Ak0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bn7lf3ghsqo5