Tommie Smith (gold) and John Carlos (bronze)
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Decathlete Rafer Johnson at the 1960 Summer Games in Rome.
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Helen Wills Moody (1905-1998), is generally recognized as one of America's first great female athletes.
The murder of 11 Isreali athletes by a terrorist group known as Black September.
Tommie Smith (gold) and John Carlos (bronze)
Tommy smith and jhon carlos
Tommy smith and jhon carlos
There number of the professional black athletes is in the tens of thousands. Most of the athletes disciplines is dominated by the black athletes from different parts of the globe.
Laila Ali (Muhammed Ali's daughter) and a champion boxer
In 1972 at the Munich Summer Olympics, A Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September attacked 11 Jewish athletes. The athletes were held hostage for a number of days until they were killed along with the terrorist.A "based on a true story" movie was made because of the event. It is titled Munich.
she is one of the olympic people out of the olympics.
In the 1978 Olympics in Munich, Germany there was a terriost group called the Black September who kiddnapped eleven Israeli athletes and killed them with a German officer. Also five members of the Black September were killed.
Palestinian terrorists killed several Israeli athletes.
Due to APARTHEID South Africa were banned in 1960 but then got accepted in 1992 because Olympics was for all countries to how their talent in athletics/swimming/gymnastics At first Black South Africa weren't allowed to participate at all because Olympics was for the White People who were armature athletes
Tommy Smith and John Carlos. They had their medals removed from them but still competed in the 1968 Olympics. Smith won the gold and Carlos won the bronze both in the 200 meter race.