Black History Month: 1968 Olympics Fist in the Air (Pic Of The Day FEB 09)

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Tommie Smith and John Carlos

In his autobiography Silent Gesture, Tommie Smith stated that the gesture was not a “Black Power” salute, but a “human rights salute”. wikipedia

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