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Tommy Smith & John Carlos - Coggle Diagram
Tommy Smith & John Carlos
Black power : by raising their black glove fist : PRIDE
who?
former Olympic sprinters
athletes
protest against
racism and racial injustices
inequalites
violence
very important
considered as symbols for the Black community
it shocked the world
(
astonished - flabbergasted
)
Consequences
were honoured by Obama (
pay tribute
)
were banished from the Olympic community for decades
feelings
no matter the cost, 'you just do it'
embarassing but necessary
when? + where?
1968
in Mexico city during the Olympic Games
during the national anthem, they protest (shame)