NEXT UP! 3 36 Powerful protests In the 1968 Olympics, African American sprinters John Carlos and Tommie Smith did their own silent protest against segregation and racism. They raised their gloved fists in a Black Power salute while the national anthem was played. Smith and Carlos were sent home in disgrace and banned from the Olympics for life. At home, the black community treated them as heroes. Few know that the man standing in front of them, Australian Peter Norman, was siding with them in his own quiet way. On the left side of his a national anthem – þjóðsöngur disgrace – skömm to side with – taka afstöðu með Left: Colin Kaepernick, #7 of the San Francisco 49ers, kneels on the sideline during the national anthem. Right: Smith and John Carlos raising gloved Black Power fists as civil rights protest.
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