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The 1968 Olympics Black Power salute was a black civil rights protest, which was never seen in the 110 year history of the modern Olympic Games. Black athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos performed "the Power to the People" salute at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Both of the Atheletes from the U.S. intended on bringing black gloves to the event, but John Carlos forgot his. This is the reason he raised his left hand instead of his right, like the traditional way to do the black power salute.
Black power salute at the 1968 Olympics
This event happened on October 16th, during the 1968 summer olympics in Mexico City.
This event was important to the civil rights movement, because even then after winning a medal, they still took time to remember the people whow ere still being opressed. But, like others whos tood up for what they believed in, they too were punished. After teh awards ceremony they were immediately banned from Olympic Village and the U.S. Olympic team.
"They were for those individuals that were lynched, or killed and that no-one said a prayer for, that were hung and tarred. It was for those thrown off the side of the boats in the middle passage."
If this event didnj't happen, things would be different. It was every action that made a difference in the civil rights movement. This was just one more thing that people could take seriously about black people and civil rights.
