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Tommie Smith (center) and John Carlos (right) the gold and bronze medal winners of the 1968 Men's 200m sprint at the 1968 Olympics bow their heads and raise their fists in the "black power salute" as the U.S. national anthem played, Mexico City, Mexico, 16 October, 1968.

The third man, Peter Norman, an Australian and the silver medalist, wore a human rights badge in support of Smith and Carlos, but did not raise his fist.

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