Afshin Shahidi

With Drawn Arms

Afshin Shahidi, Glenn Kaino

Tommie Smith, Megan Rapinoe

The story behind a critical moment in American history, spawning one of most iconic images of protest from the past century. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, the world watched as two American runners, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, took the stage as the U.S. national anthem played, raising their fists in a symbol of black struggle and solidarity.