Bob Beamon of the USA competes in the long jump at the Olympic Games 19 October 1968 in Mexico. Beamon won the event with a world record leap of 8.90 metres Bob Beamon of the USA competes in the long ...
MEXICO CITY — Last week, the University of Arizona remembered the historic student uprising in Mexico City, honoring its 50 year anniversary. Professors both local and from the National Autonomous ...
The 1968 Olympics could not escape the turmoil of their times. A gold medal gymnast silently rebelled against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. Apartheid South Africa was disinvited in order to ...
Mexico flew its flag at half-mast to pay tribute to student protesters killed by troops during 1968 demonstrations in Mexico City. "We will remember the October 2 events and the fact that the use of ...
In a 10-part series, BBC broadcaster Barry Davies recalls the most memorable Olympic moments of his 44 years on air from the Games. There are two events I must include in any Olympic top 10 that had ...
When soldiers massacred as many as 300 people at a student protest in Mexico City's Tlatelolco plaza on Oct. 2, 1968, the killers wore uniforms. Today, students in Mexico say they are still under ...
People shout slogans during a march commemorating the anniversary of the Tlatelolco Massacre in Mexico City, Monday Oct. 2, 2017. Mexico commemorated the 49th anniversary of the massacre where ...
Tributes have been paid to Norma Enriqueta Basilio, the Mexican woman who lit the cauldron at the 1968 Olympic Games, who has died age 71. "The Olympic family in Mexico mourns the passing of our ...
The american sprinters Tommie Smith,John Carlos and Peter Norman during the award ceremony of the 200 m race at the Mexican Olympic games. During the awards ceremony, Smith and Carlos protested ...
It is easily the most significantmedal ceremony in Olympic history.On the evening of October 16, 1968,Tommie Smith and John Carlos, victorious African-American sprinters who won gold and bronze ...
When I arrived in Monterrey, Mexico, the note from the consul who would administer my Fulbright grant said it was holiday weekend and all the Americans would be out of town. Why didn’t they tell me ...
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