Entries from August 2008

August 9, 2008

Activism and Performance Defined 1968 Olympic Track Team

By Chris Murray
For the Chris Murray Report

If the images of Tommie Smith and John Carlos raising their black-glove fists in protest at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City have lasted the test of time as a symbol of defiance against racism and all forms of oppression, the outstanding performances of the entire [...]