Title from caption on object: “Gold-And-Bronze Medalists Tommie Smith and USA Teammate John Carlos...”, October 16, 1968

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 22 × 15 cm (8 11/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

sheet: 23 × 17.7 cm (9 1/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

Accession Number

2018.177.601

Artists / Makers

Angelo Cozzi (artist) Italian, born 1934

United Press International (publisher)

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Inscription

vertical along right edge printed in image: MXP101620-10/16/68-MEXICO CITY: Gold-and-bronze medalists Tommie Smith (c) and USA teammate John / Carlos write an unusual note into Olympic history with a black-gloved, clenched-fist “Black Power” / gesture during awards ceremony 10/16. Smith had just come from behind to a world record 19.8- / second victory in the 200-meter dash. Peter Norman, silver medal winner from Australia, is at / left. UPI TELEPHOTO gh; on verso, lower center partially visibly UPI copyright stamp in black ink; lower center stamped in purple ink on applied newspaper: FR OCT 18 1968 LATE 2; lower center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: --UPI Telephoto / SPRINTERS SUSPENDED -- Sprint / stars Tommie Smith (center) and John / Carlos (right) were suspended from / the United States Olympic team Fri- / day because of this incident in the / medal awarding ceremony for the 200 / meter dash Wednesday night. Smith, / who won the race and set a world rec- / ord of 19.8 seconds, and Carlos, who / finished third, raised black gloved / fists during the ceremony. Second / went to Peter Norman of Australia.; by unknown hand, lower right in blue ink: (Olympics-1968)

Provenance

(sale, RMY Auctions, Wilder, ID); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Solomon, Dan and Mary