Winning the Olympic 200-meter final was “a moment ... each man bowed his head and raised a fist. After the two were banished, images of their gesture entered the iconography of athletic protest.

In the 1960s, however, the raised fist became associated with the Black Power movement. One of the iconic – and controversial – images from the 1968 Olympic Games shows athletes Tommie Smith ...

One defining moment in Moses’ development was witnessing Tommie Smith’s raised fist protest at the 1968 Olympics. This act heightened his awareness of racial and social challenges facing Black ...