zeke wrote:

The daughter of John Carlos. 1968...Helluva Year!

The 1968 Olympics Human Rights Salute was a political demonstration conducted by African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos during their medal ceremony on October 16, 1968, at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the Olympic Stadium in Mexico City. After Smith and Carlos won gold and bronze medals, respectively, in the 200-meter running event, they turned on the podium to face their flags, and to hear the American national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner". Each athlete raised a black-gloved fist, and kept them raised until the anthem had finished. In addition, Smith, Carlos, and Australian silver medalist Peter Norman all wore human rights badges on their jackets. In his autobiography, Silent Gesture, Smith stated that the gesture was not a "Black Power" salute, but a "human rights salute". The event is regarded as one of the most overtly political statements in the history of the modern Olympic Games.
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Olympics_Black_Power_salute#cite_note-1]I never knew this but Norman suffered greatly because of his actions that day. Many fellow Australians were extremely dismayed because of Norman's support of John Carlos and Tommie Smith. Norman saw his own actions as an act of love. 
It's an interesting read on Wikipedia. 
This predated the "taking of the knee".[/url]

 

You're my hero !  I knew about this-always thought it was awesome-the protest and the sacrifice 
 

I remember this.  where was trump then?  LOL