Tommie Smith and John Carlos are known for giving the Black Power salute during the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. They were banned from The Olympics for life but became legends. Peter Norman, the white man would go on to be informally banned from everything in Australia in a story that is rarely told. But, Black Power salutes at The Olympic games go beyond that moment.
Later in that same Olympics, Jesse Owens would tell Black American athletes not to protest. This wouldn't stop athletes like Lee Evans, Bob Beamon, Ralph Boston and more from protesting during the 1968 Olympics.
One of those men protesting in 1968 was Vincent Matthews who would again protest at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Vincent Matthews and Wayne Collett would take part in what was called The Forgotten Protest that would also see them banned from The Olympics for life.
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"History is written by the winners," is a phrase that is often repeated. However, it's not true. More often than not the losers write history. What we're left with is a sterilized view of history that does a great disservice to us all. These retellings are often filled with outright lies such as a George Washington's wooden teeth or are told in a way that would make the average person view it as too complicated. I'm here because history doesn't need to complicated, but it needs to be told, and told truthfully.
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