During a medal ceremony in the 1968 Mexico Olympics, sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos bowed their heads and raised their black-gloved fists to the sky as a symbol of the struggle for racial equality in the U.S. Besides making history, the pair also created one of the most iconic civil rights images of all time.
And now, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has announced they are open to similar calls for social justice and reform during the 2021 U.S. trials for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
