Making A Statement

One could say that in entering Jerusalem on a donkey, Jesus was making a statement. On October 16, 1968, the same year that MLK was assassinated, two African American sprinters made one of the most famous and notorious statements in U.S. history: “Wearing beads and scarves to oppose lynchings and black socks with no shoes to highlight poverty, African American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos took to the podium during the October 16, 1968, Olympic medal ceremony in Mexico City to receiv...