Peter Norman, the Australian sprinter who supported black U.S. sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos in their silent protest for equal rights on the medals podium at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, ...

It is a moment that will live on in Olympic history, perhaps more so than any race. On this day 53 years ago, US track athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in a "Black Power" ...

Peter Norman, the Australian sprinter involved in the Black Power salute at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, will be awarded an "overdue" posthumous Order of Merit. He stood alongside Americans Tommie Smith ...

SOME pictures such as the image of two African-American athletes giving the Black Power salute at the Mexico City Olympic Games 50 years ago, have become seared into the public consciousness. But one ...

After finishing second in the 200m at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, Norman stood in solidarity on the dais with American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who bowed their heads and raised black ...

FILe - In this Oct. 16, 1968, file photo, U.S. athletes Tommie Smith, center, and John Carlos stare downward while extending gloved hands skyward during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner after ...

SYDNEY (AP) — Peter Norman, the Australian sprinter who shared the podium with Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos and backed their Black Power salutes at the 1968 Mexico City Games, was ...

Five decades after he stood in solidarity with US athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos as they made their iconic black power protest at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, late Australian sprinter Peter Norman ...

Rio 2016: Peter Norman's role in the 1968 Black Power protest Peter Norman, the Australian sprinter involved in the Black Power salute at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, will be awarded an "overdue" ...

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