Question

What did the two players intend to do with the kind of gesture they showed?

Answer 1

Answer:

Answer : The two players Tommie Smith and John Carlos, these US athletes used the gesture with fists upraised and heads bowed. With these gestures, they intended to draw international attention towards the racial discrimination that is being practised in the US. This gesture symbolised the Black Power.

Answer 2

Black Power

Explanation:

The incident is of two players, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who made gestures in support of the movement against the discrimination of the blacks in the United States. These two US players wanted to show their support to the blacks and wanted to end racism. So they wore black gloves and raised their hands in fists with their heads bowed. The gesture is called Black Power.