There are many good reasons to protest during the Olympic games. To begin with, Tommie Smith and John Carlos were two African-American runners in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. The two American citizens were in a time of chaos in their lives. They were being segregated from the white race and where treated like dogs or any other type of animal. While the two men were standing on the podium singing to the American national anthem, they put black gloves on their hands and raised their right arms in the air with their heads facing the ground. There medals were taken away and they were to not participate in the Olympic games. The reason for this act was stated “We were just human beings who saw a need to bring attention to the inequality in
