This object is currently on display in room 108 as part of Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols. See our image rights statement.

 

Object Timeline

  • We acquired this object.

1968

  • Work on this object began.

2023

2025

  • You found it!

Reproduction, Black Power Salute with Tommie Smith and John Carlos, Mexico Olympics, October 16, 1968

This is a Reproduction. It is dated October 16 1968. Its medium is photograph. It is a part of the department.

It is credited Abaca Press / Alamy Stock Photo.

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This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols.

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