Olympic Activists Tommie Smith & John Carlos Inducted Into The Olympic Hall of Fame

On Nov. 1, a little more than 51 years after the Olympics organization expelled Tommie Smith and John Carlos for their protest against racial oppression, they will finally induct both of them into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame.

Smith and Carlos were responsible for one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history, raising their fists in protest on the medals podium at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

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