BERKELEY, Calif. - A crowd of admirers packed the UC Berkeley Alumni House on Friday night to honor three giants. "As athletes, scholars, and change agents, you exemplify the spirit of generations," ...

on June 24 at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Sacramento. At the event, the NAACP paid tribute to 1968 Olympic medalists Dr. Tommie Smith and Dr. John Carlos, and 1967 Olympic Project for Human Rights ...

Kersee, Tommie Smith, and John Carlos visited the Pettit Center in Milwaukee. The Pettit Center is synonymous with winter ...

The LA84 Foundation decided to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Olympics, which was held in Mexico City, through an art gallery. They received artifacts in bulk from the Helms Athletic ...

More than five decades after shattering the world record in the long jump, Bob Beamon is ready to move on from his Olympic gold medal. Beamon famously set the world record during the 1968 Summer ...

Jim Hines, the 1968 Olympic 100-meter champion who went on to be an NFL wide receiver, has died. He was 76. USA Track and Field announced that Hines died Saturday. No cause of death was provided. Born ...

BLAINE COUNTY, Idaho — Dick Fosbury, known for "flopping" his way to gold in the 1968 Olympics and forever changing the high jump at all levels of the field event, has died at the age of 76. Fosbury ...

On this day in history, July 20, 1968, athletes competed in the first Special Olympics International Games — the largest sporting event for people with intellectual disabilities today, according to ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. 1968 Summer Olympics souvenir flag is ...

Jim Hines, the 1968 Olympic 100-meter champion who later went on to be an NFL wide receiver, has died. He was 76. USA Track and Field announced that Hines died Saturday. No cause of death was provided ...

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