A Trend of Omission: Student Protest and Activism on Purdue’s Campus
by Max Malavenda Tommie Smith and John Carlos making black salute at 1968 Olympics. [37] On the 17th of October during the 1968 summer Olympics in Mexico, two black American athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, made history when, during the playing of the national anthem, the two men lowered their heads and raised their fists in what is known as the Black Power Salute.[1] Smith raised his right… Read More
The “Black Salute” on Purdue’s Campus
by Max Malavenda On the 17th of October during the 1968 summer Olympics in Mexico, two black American athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, made history when, during the playing of the national anthem, the two men lowered their heads and raised their fists in what is known as the Black Power Salute.[1] Smith raised his right hand as a representation of black power, and Carlos raised his left as a… Read More