Ebook: Black Power Salute: How a Photograph Captured a Political Protest
Author: Danielle Smith-Llera
- Tags: History, Juvenile Nonfiction, Photography, Sociology, JNF025110, JNF041000, JNF053140
- Series: Captured History Sports
- Year: 2017
- Publisher: Capstone
- Language: English
- epub
Two American athletes made history at the 1968 Summer Olympics, but not on the track. They staged a silent protest against racial injustice. Tommie Smith and John Carlos, gold and bronze medalists in the 200-meter sprint, stood with heads bowed and black-gloved fists raised as the national anthem played during the medal ceremony. The Australian silver medalist wore a human rights badge in support. All three would pay a heavy price for their activism. A Life magazine photograph seen by millions would ensure that the silent protest was remembered, and eventually admired, as a symbol of the battle for equality and civil rights.
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