How john carlos,tommie smith and peter norman are similar?
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John Carlos, Tommie Smith and Peter Norman are all participants of the 1968 olympics track events.
In the finals, Tommie Smith wins the gold medal succeeded by Norman and Carlos.
All the three had the same notion against the racism in America and exhibited their opposition through gestures.
Tommie Smith and Carlos wore black socks with raised and clenched fist showing white power of black while Peter Norman wore a Human rights Commision badge in support of the movement.
The ideologies of all in this event and their gestures show that they all had the same feelings and ideas which were similar among them.
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During their medal ceremony in the Olympic Stadium in Mexico City on October 16, 1968, two African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos each raised a black-gloved fist during the playing of the US national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner". While on the podium, Smith and Carlos, who had won gold and bronze medals respectively in the 200-meter running event of the 1968 Summer Olympics, turned to face the US flag and then kept their hands raised until the anthem had finished. In addition, Smith, Carlos, and Australian silver medalist Peter Norman all wore human-rights badges on their jackets.