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Wed, 10.16.1968

Black Athletes Suspended From The Olympic Games

Smith and Carlos send a message

On this date in 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, Black sprinters, were suspended from the Olympic Games in Mexico City.

They were suspended after holding their fists in a Black Power salute while receiving their medals at the awards ceremony. The athletes' actions came to symbolize the Black Power movement in sports.

New Poem Each Day

Poetry Corner

Through random doors we wandered into passages disguised as paradise and out again, discarding, embracing hope anew, discarding again: exits and entrances to many houses. Without joy we sang,... EXITS AND ENTRANCES by Naomi Long Madgett.
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