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what happened at the mexico olympic games in 1968?

  • US athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos tried to draw international attention to racial discrimination against the blacks in the United States.
  • In the medal ceremony of 1968 Olympics held at Mexico City, the two athletes stood with clenched fistsupraised and heads bowed..They received their medals wearing black socks and no shoes to representBlack poverty.

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  • US athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos tried to draw international attention to racial discrimination against the blacks in the United States.
  • In the medal ceremony of 1968 Olympics held at Mexico City, the two athletes stood with clenched fistsupraised and heads bowed..They received their medals wearing black socks and no shoes to representBlack poverty.
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