1. Black Panther Salute
Probably one of the most iconic photographs in the Olympic games if not the world, the black unity salute will go down in history as one of the biggest political statements ever witnessed through photography. With the 1968 Mexico Olympics coming at a time when the civil rights movement in the USA was in full swing, US athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos made the most of an all-mighty opportunity. Coming in first and third respectively, the pair opted to receive their medals without shoes, only wearing black socks to represent black poverty. As the famous notes of the Star-Spangled banner played around the stadium, both Smith and Carlos raised their arms, each adorned with a single black glove and bowed heads. With Smith raising his right hand in support for the black power movement and Carlos raising his left for black unity, the idea was to help the fight against racial discrimination. Recalling the incident, Smith later claimed ‘If I win, I am American, not a black American. But if I did something bad, then they would say I am a Negro. We are black and we are proud of being black. Black America will understand what we did tonight’. Booed as they left the stadium, the whole world was outraged, however due to that one brief moment of solidarity, a whole new era had begun.
Sources: wikipedia; therichest.com, bbc; independent
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