On Oct. 16, 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos made a powerful statement on the podium after the 200-meter dash in the 1968 ...

Get latest medal count of Olympic Games 1968 including India's total medal score and winners list. Track country wise gold, ...

In honor of Tina and Milo making their mascot debuts, here's a look back at all the mascots in Olympics history.

Dick Fosbury’s high jump gold medal from the 1968 Mexico City Olympics — which he won with the revolutionary Fosbury Flop — sold at auction for $158,600. The medal was one of a few Fosbury items ...

Extending gloved hands skyward in racial protest, U.S. athletes Tommie Smith, center, and John Carlos stare downward during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner after Smith received the gold and ...

The country of Mexico has had a long history with the modern Olympic Games going back to Olympiad II in Paris in 1900. I choose to honor Mexico this week as I happen to be traveling through this ...

The iconic photograph of two Black athletes standing on the podium at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, heads bowed and fists raised in the Black Power Salute as “The Star-Spangled Banner” played ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. I would say I grew up in a household intent on making sure that I, and my ...

A new sculpture at the Smithsonian American Art Museum pays tribute to one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history. Inspired by U.S. sprinter Tommie Smith, who with John Carlos raised his fist ...