5 to learn how the past connects to the present and affects the future
mexico Olympics, had tommy smith and john carlos, two black athletes gave the black fist/ black power salute during the medal ceremony.
they were both suspended from doing any further participation in the Olympics.
black power = black fist = riots broke out = athletes received threats from kkk and white supremacists and others = threatened to lynch
Civil Rights act of 1964 and The Voting Rights Ac
t.
