Nearly 50 years after they raised their fists on the medal stand in a symbolic protest at the Olympics, American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos voiced their support for Colin Kaepernick.

After finishing first and third in the 200 meters during the Summer Olympic games on Oct. 16, 1968, Smith and Carlos raised their fists.

In this Oct. 16, 1968 file photo, United States athletes Tommie Smith, top center, and John Carlos, top right, extend their gloved fists skyward during the playing of the "Star-Spangled Banner ...

San Jose State University sprinter Tommie Smith, center, and John Carlos, right, raised their gloved fists on the awards podium at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico as a protest against racial ...

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was recently named "GQ Magazine's" Citizen of the Year, and the activists that some say paved the way for him to protest in the NFL are ...

At the 1968 Olympic games, Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists to protest racism in the United States. Nearly fifty years later, their example still resonates across the NFL.

Track and field athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos, American-born Black men, stamped their names in history for throwing up Black power fists on the Olympic podium at the 1968 Mexico Olympics.

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The two visited the museum alongside Olympic gold medalist Tommie Smith, which meant Miller got to watch Smith as he looked at the iconic photo of him and fellow gold medalist John Carlos holding ...

How Tommie Smith and John Carlos’ 1968 Black Power salute inspired me to find my purpose OPINION: The picture (and actions) demonstrating the activism of the track stars at the 1968 Olympics ...