US sprinter Tommie Smith made headlines with his Black Power salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. He was thrown out of the Games and is still waiting for a personal apology from the International Olympic Committee.
LOS ANGELES - More than 50 years after his Black Power salute and protest against racism at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith is still waiting for an apology from the International Olympic Committee .
Bronze medallist and team-mate John Carlos made the same gesture with his left arm. The photographs went around the world and the action became a landmark moment for the civil rights movement. Asked whether the IOC had ever apologized to him personally for its actions, Smith said: "No. The IOC has not.""It is never too late to do good. Never too late," Smith told dpa in an interview.
Ex-NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick popularized taking a knee during the US anthem to protest racial injustice and several sports teams around the world, including in Germany's Bundesliga, have recently performed the action.
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