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The black power salute by Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Mexico Olympics was an iconic moment in the US civil rights struggle. Far less known is the part in that episode in history played by Peter Norman, the white Australian on the podium who had run second — and the price paid afterward by all three athletes.Read moreLess
The black power salute by Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Mexico Olympics was an iconic moment in the US civil rights struggle. Far less known is the part in that episode in history played by Peter Norman, the white Australian on the podium who had run second — and the price paid afterward by all three athletes.
The story
The black power salute by Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Mexico Olympics was an iconic moment in the US civil rights struggle. Far less known is the part in that episode in history played by Peter Norman, the white Australian on the podium who had run second — and the price paid afterward by all three athletes.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Christopher Kirby
Tommie Smith
John Carlos
Harry EdwardsExplore the crew
- Editor
- John Leonard
- Producer
- Matt Norman
- Director
- Matt Norman
- Producer
- David Redman
- Original Music Composer
- David Hirschfelder
- Editor
- Jane Moran
- Writer
- Matt Norman
- Director of Photography
- Marty Smith