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The document discusses the protest of Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. It asks questions about their actions during the medal ceremony, where they raised their fists in black gloves to protest racism in the US. Smith and Carlos bowed their heads and went shoeless on the podium to symbolize poverty. Their protest sparked reactions and backlash, as they sought to draw attention to issues of segregation, discrimination, and apartheid policies in the US and South Africa through
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