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to share their beliefs. Multiple black athletes attended, as well as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., making this meeting significant to history (Smith et al). Tommie Smith's most historically significant moment was in the race at the Mexico City Olympic Games of 1968. He won the race and set a new 200-meter record of 19.83 seconds (U.S. Olympic Museum) Before the race, Tommie Smith and John Carlos only mentioned a few times how they would protest and represent their own experiences (Smith et al). When they got to the podium, they had both taken off their shoes to represent poverty within the African American group in the U.S. (Myles). John Carlos has unzipped his jack to represent Americans who work just to live. They both wore something around their neck to call attention to black men who had been lynched, with Carlos wearing beads and Smith wearing a scarf (Smith et al). They each wore one glove as their heads were down to officially start the silent protest. Smith raised his right fist to express black power, while Carlos raised his left fist to indicate black unity. This was an influential moment for civil rights (Myles). While the national anthem played, Tommie thought to himself, "We had to be seen because we were not being heard." Smith et al. The consequences of this protest were severe for both Smith and Carlos. Some of the population had seen this as unnecessary and disgraceful. Smith and Carlos were forbidden to race by the International Olympic Committee, and then…

of Germany, and Hitler even said that the black athletes were “subhuman” compared the the unquestionably superior German athletes. During the long jump Owens was flustered with his first jump (what he thought was a practice jump) being a scratch, and another scratch on his second jump it was looking like Jesse would not even to able to move on. Then Carl Ludwing ( a german athlete) would give Owens some advice on where to take off from. Owens through the pressure would go on to the next round…

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house full of gold would not tempt my husband to do wrong. He is the one who has been betrayed and led to the slaughter and crucified.” There you are; human nature in action, wrongdoers, blaming everybody but themselves. We are all like that. So when you and I are tempted to criticize someone tomorrow, let’s remember Al Capone, “Two Gun” Crowley and Albert Fall. Let’s realize that criticisms are like homing pigeons. They always return home. Let’s realize that the person we are going to correct…