A new sculpture at the Smithsonian American Art Museum pays tribute ... who with John Carlos raised his fist in protest during the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, the artwork commemorates the ...

In the 1960s, however, the raised fist became associated with the Black Power movement. One of the iconic – and controversial – images from the 1968 Olympic Games shows athletes Tommie Smith ...

Winning the Olympic 200-meter final was “a moment ... each man bowed his head and raised a fist. After the two were banished, images of their gesture entered the iconography of athletic protest.