During the medal ceremony for the 200-meter sprint at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their gloved fists, a symbol for black power.

The country of Mexico has had a long history with the modern Olympic Games beginning with Olympiad II in Paris in 1900.

was captured 50 years ago when U.S. sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos stepped onto the world stage during the Summer Olympics in Mexico City. It was Oct. 16, 1968. Smith had just won gold and ...

Glenn Kaino’s “Bridge” installation animates the protest of Tommie Smith and John Carlos while honoring the Olympic Project for Human Rights.

of a Detroit 1968 Olympics and whether it could have changed ... four years before Detroit’s devastating summer of 1967, telling the world with oozing confidence: “Detroit’s the city of ...

Because the track is located in a public park that doubled as the official sporting complex of the 1968 Summer Olympics, it ...

George Foreman was a notoriously big puncher but has admitted there was one 'tough' heavyweight he avoided in his decorated ...

The Harvard heavyweight crew enters a new league this summer, -- international and club ... Newell Boathouse have their eyes on next year's Olympics at Mexico City. There is no definite racing ...

1968. GB Trudeau. Used by Permission of Universal ... "She is riding like a dream." October 12, Summer Olympics The 19th Summer Olympic games open in Mexico City, Mexico. At 7,349 feet above ...

After helping to organize a potential boycott of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City to protest racial discrimination in sports, Smith and Carlos went to the Olympics when the boycott was ...

The first Special Olympics Games debuted in the summer of 1968, and now 50 years later, we encourage you to #ChooseToInclude people with intellectual disabilities. When Karen Ryan's daughter was ...

Some individuals say, “Athletics and politics don’t mix.” While there is some truth to that, many sports fans use sports as a ...