In Mexico City, the 200 meter final was run
American (black) athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos came first and third, while Australian (white) Peter Norman won the second.
While they were waiting for the medal ceremony, Carlos came to Peter Norman and asked;
─ Do you believe in human rights?
─ Yes, I believe.
What about God?
─ With all my heart…
On top of that, the two black athletes announced the action plan on their heads, Norman participated without hesitation; I will support your action, tell me what to do!
For the first time, two young men were planning a great provocation or even a revolutionary action for those days: They would protest racial discrimination in America and poverty and second-class citizenship … But how?
The idea comes from Norman: they have found a pair of black leather gloves, the right one in Tommie, the left one in John's hands;
They have gone to the rostrum with bare feet to symbolize poverty, their heads have tilted forward with grief, they have raised their clenched fists in the air.
The white athlete Peter Norman, who stands in front of them, was also pinning the heart of the ‘Olympic Project Movement for Human Rights' smell on his heart to show his solidarity.
While playing the American national anthem, the plan has been executed and action has been taken.
And of course, the world was coming together
America stands up
Even the Olympics are in the shade, world newspapers show the photo of black athletes punch in the air from the first page …
The American Olympic Committee ends the sports career of the two black people that second
The action has reached its goal, the situation of the black minority in America has entered the world agenda.
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