This is one of my favourite athletic photos. This took place at the Summer Olympics in 1968 in Mexico City. Tommie Smith took the gold medal in the men's 200 m sprint, with Australian Peter Norman taking the silver, and American John Carlos took the bronze. Of course, 1968 in the United States was the peak of the American civil rights movement for African-Americans. Smith and Carlos decided to raised their gloved hands and hang their heads during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner as a form of protest. They also went up the podium barefoot to protest poverty in the United States. They wore beads to protest lynchings that were still happening in the American south. They also wore buttons of the OPHR - Olympic Project for Human Rights.  The crowd booed the two athletes after the anthem was over.  Prior to the Olympics, Smith advocated the boycott of the 1968 Games unless four conditions were met: Both South Africa and Rhodesia needed to be uninvited to the games; Muhammad A...