In this Oct. 16, 1968 file photo, United States athletes Tommie Smith, top center, and John Carlos, top right, extend their gloved fists skyward during the playing of the "Star-Spangled Banner" after ...

University of Cape Coast, Center for African and International Studies, Ghana, an eventful night November 5, 2025, 3:00 p .

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. More than a half-century after the U.S. Olympic Committee expelled two Bay Area ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Many of the same conversations about race in America that are happening now were also happening in 1968. On April 4 of that year, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.

At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, after African-American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos won the gold and bronze, respectively, in the 200 meters, the two runners stood atop the podium with ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - On this final day of Black History Month, WNDU 16 News Now has an exclusive story about a moment in history which still resonates today. It all started at the 1968 Olympics ...

Kersee, Tommie Smith, and John Carlos visited the Pettit Center in Milwaukee. The Pettit Center is synonymous with winter ...

The iconic photograph of two Black athletes standing on the podium at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, heads bowed and fists raised in the Black Power Salute as “The Star-Spangled Banner” played ...

A new sculpture at the Smithsonian American Art Museum pays tribute to one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history. Inspired by U.S. sprinter Tommie Smith, who with John Carlos raised his fist ...

OPINION: The picture (and actions) demonstrating the activism of the track stars at the 1968 Olympics cost them everything and gave me purpose that motivates me as Black History Month comes to an end.