![]() ![]() Tommie Smith had just won the gold medal for the United States in the 200-meter race, with a world record time of 19.83 seconds Australia’s Peter Norman finished second and Smith’s teammate, John Carlos, placed third.Īs Smith and Carlos took their places on the podium, draped in their Olympic medals, they lowered their heads and raised their clenched fists covered in black leather gloves in a historic stand for human rights, liberation, and solidarity. There are few images that capture and preserve the essence of an entire movement and moment in time better than the photographs of Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Peter Norman at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City. Tommie Smith received the Goddard College Presidential Award for Activism at the Haybarn Theater in 2013. ![]()
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