The 1968 Olympics in Mexico City

An ABC newscaster records athletes entering the stadium at the 1968 Olympics

From slow-motion to live TV: '68 Olympics impacted how we watch today

Kenneth Shropshire, John Carlos, Lance Wyman, Harry Edwards, Wyomia Tyus, Gina Hemphill-Strachan, and Paul Hoffman discuss the athlete protests at the 1968 Summer Olympics

'68 Olympic protesters say they were fighting for more than themselves

A greguería is a one-line poem connecting surprising or unlikely elements, often resulting in an epiphany of humor and drama or both.

The starting line is often disguised as the finish line. - Alberto Ríos

Czech gymnast Vera Caslavska, 1968 Olympics

Gymnast Vera Caslavska's Silent Protest Spoke Volumes

Harry Edwards, Paul Hoffman, and Scott Brooks discuss the athlete protests at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Olympic Games

Paul Hoffman: Harvard rowers supported OPHR in 1968 'because you are right'

Anti-apartheid demonstrators protest outside the Waldorf Hotel in London where South African cricketers are staying in 1965

Worldwide pressure forced IOC to maintain ban on South Africa in 1968

Debbie Meyer poses on the podium with her gold medal at the Mexico Olympic Games in 1968

For swimmer Debbie Meyer, Mexico City in 1968 was golden

Dick Fosbury soars over the bar during the men’s high jump at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City

Trial and error: How Dick Fosbury revolutionized the high jump

Bob Beamon makes his record-shattering long jump at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City

Bob Beamon's historic Mexico City long jump almost didn't happen

A box filled with doping test vials

Mexico City Games became launch pad for athlete doping tests

Bill Russell speaks to Red Auerbach and Don Chaney

History-maker himself, Celtics Bill Russell supported athlete activism

Jim Ryun running for team U.S.A.

Despite loss in 1968 Games, Jim Ryun set Americans up for later success

Contestants in the 10,000 metres event at the Olympic Games at Mexico City

Kenyans launched distance dynasty in Mexico City

Tommie Smith, John Carlos, Peter Norman, Mexico City Olympics, raised fist

Opinion: Events of 1968 brought purpose of disruptive protest into focus

Avery Brundage stands to speak at an International Olympic Committee meeting in 1965

Push to allow professional athletes took hold in 1968 Olympic Games