Black Power

Happy Saturday POU! Of course we could not leave out one of the most pivotal moments in Olympic history: The Black Power Salute America was going through a cultural revolution in the 1960s, and one of the defining moments during that decade was the "Black Power Salute" in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. On Oct. 16, 1968, U.S. sprinters Tommie Smith and … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Black Athletes and Social/Political Protest