John Carlos

…attention when he and teammate John Carlos gave the Black Power salute. It became a defining moment in the civil rights movement and an enduring example of athlete activism.

…run, Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos (gold and bronze medalists, respectively) stood in black socks, each with head bowed and a single black-gloved fist raised in the Black-power salute during the national anthem. The athletes described the gesture as a tribute to their African American heritage and a protest…

run, Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos (gold and bronze medalists, respectively) stood in black socks, each with head bowed and a single black-gloved fist raised in the Black-power salute during the national anthem. The athletes described the gesture as a tribute to their African American heritage and a protest…

…Black-power salutes made by sprinters John Carlos and Tommie Smith at the 1968 summer Olympic Games. Such was Cosell’s fame as the commentator for Monday Night Football that it was said that possibly most Americans first learned that former Beatle John Lennon had been shot and killed in 1980 when…