How did the Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR) challenge the United States’ use of black athletes to promote American democracy to an international audience?
QuestionHow did the Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR) challenge the
United States’ use of black athletes to promote American democracy to an international audience? What alternative identity did Carlos and Smith create on the medal stand?
The first post/essay should pull from both Amy Bass’s chapter inSports Mattersentitled“Whose Broad Stripes and Bright Stars?Race,Nation,and Power at the1968Mexico City Olympics”ANDJohn Carlos’s chapter,“The Medal Stand,”from his book,The John Carlos Story (Online Reading) to answer BOTH questions