# @usatf on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo_xdi4nXdb
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/13582959-usatf-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/29c2458a1e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-10-16T13:56:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** USA Track & Field (@usatf) — https://gondola.cc/usatf

## Caption

On this day in 1968, Tommie Smith crossed the line in world record time of 19.83 to win Olympic gold!! Fellow American John Carlos took home the bronze in 20.10! #Celebrate68
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Tommie Smith: "We were just human beings who saw a need to bring attention to the inequality in our country."
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John Carlos: "It was not a gesture of hate, it was a gesture of frustration." "We knew that what we were going to do was far greater than any athletic feat."
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📸 teamusa

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