Sunday, August 2, 2009


Mexico 1968
The Olympic Games African-Americans Tommie Smith (center) and John Carlos (right),
in the award and while the sounds of the U.S. national anthem, raise the fist the wearing black gloves, so wanting to protest racial discrimination that exist in their country. The other fellow the Australian, Peter Norman, reach, wearing a distinctive Olympic Project for Human Rights and is proposed to fellow to wear by a glove. After this move, the 2 athletes expelled from the Olympics Games and U.S. Olympic team and said that they were removed and medals (did not materialize by Carlos).

No comments:

Post a Comment