{"id":111028,"date":"2023-10-16T21:00:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T20:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-tommie-smiths-1968-olympics-protest-shook-the-world-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2023-10-16T21:00:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T20:00:10","slug":"how-tommie-smiths-1968-olympics-protest-shook-the-world-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-tommie-smiths-1968-olympics-protest-shook-the-world-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"How Tommie Smith&#8217;s 1968 Olympics protest shook the world &#8211; BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/5gMuLGUU1Eg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How Tommie Smith's 1968 Olympics protest shook the world - BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5gMuLGUU1Eg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>US athlete Tommie Smith attained international fame when he gave the Black Power salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, 55 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>But as the exclusive BBC Archive clips in this new series reveal, that protest came at a heavy cost.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Power salute, as it came to be known, was a defiant statement against the systemic oppression of black people in the US and marked a defining moment in the history of civil rights activism.<\/p>\n<p>But their use of it on 16 October 1968 came at great personal cost to the athletes involved.<\/p>\n<p>This video is from &#8216;In History,&#8217; which uses the BBC&#8217;s archive to explore historical events. 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