Peter Norman Joined Olympic Protest

At the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, Australian sprinter Peter Norman won silver in the 200 meters and stood beside American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos during their Black Power salute. Norman supported their human rights protest by wearing an Olympic Project for Human Rights badge and even suggested that they share one pair of black gloves after Carlos forgot his. He faced ridicule after returning to Australia and never competed in another Olympics. When Norman died in 2006, Smith and Carlos delivered eulogies and carried his coffin as pallbearers.

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