John Carlos and Tommie Smith #1009

Caption from poster__        " Black America will understand what we did tonight."    It was the most  popular medal ceremony of all time. The photographs of two black  American sprinters standing on the medal podium with  heads bowed  and fists raised at the Mexico City Games in 1968  not only represent  one of the most memorable moments in Olympic history but a milestone in America's civil rights movement."   It was the most popular medal ceremony of all time. The photographs of two black American sprinters standing on the medal podium with heads bowed and fists raised at the Mexico City Games in 1968 not only represent one of the most memorable moments in Olympic history but a milestone in America's civil rights movement. The two men were Tommie Smith and John Carlos. Teammates at San Jose State University, Smith and Carlos were stirred by the suggestion of a young sociologist friend Harry Edwards, who asked them and all the other black American athletes to join together and boyco