During the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, three female East German luge competitors were disqualified after it was discovered the steel runners on their sleds had been heated, a prohibited ...

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 ...

A year before turning pro, 19-year-old George Foreman won a boxing gold medal at the 1968 Summer Games. A year before turning pro, 19-year-old George Foreman won a boxing gold medal at the 1968 Summer ...

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 ...

One of the most enduring images of athletes making a sociopolitical statement has to be gold and bronze medal winners Tommie Smith and John Carlos throwing up their fists in the Black Power salute ...

At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, after African-American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos won the gold and bronze, respectively, in the 200 meters, the two runners stood atop the podium with ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. 1968 Summer Olympics souvenir flag is ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A warm up tack suit jacket worn by Tommie Smith at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. The jacket is navy blue and has a ...

"Anything for my friend Ronnie." Those were the words the late George Foreman used to sum up the relationship he developed with a fellow Olympic gold medalist Ronnie Harris of Canton. Foreman and I ...

Check out Leila Dunbar’s appraisal of a 1956 - 1968 Al Oerter Olympic collection in Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, Hour 3. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and American ...