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Lee Evans Lee Evans was an African American Olympian who won five career AAU titles in the 400-meter dash and two Gold medals at the 1968 Summer Olympics, in addition to winning two Gold medals in 1967 at the Pan-American Games. Evans was also a significant figure in the Black Power movement, taking part in the Olympic Project for Human Rights, formed by a group of black students fighting for equal housing rights. Evans is widely remembered for accepting his 1968 relay Gold medal in a black beret in imitation of the Black Panthers , alongside fellow African-American medalists Larry Jones and Ron Freeman. Evans was inducted into the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1983, and the Olympic Hall of Fame in 1989. Black & White Photo L-R: Lee Evans, Larry James and Ron Freeman Colored Photo L-R: Larry James(Silver) , Lee Evans (Gold) and Ron Freeman (Bronze) #BlackPride #BlackLove #JuiceBlogConnection #NeverForget #BlackSuccess #BlackHistory #BlackKnowledge #BlackFacts #LeeEvans #RonFreeman #LarryJames #Mexico #Olympics1968 #AfricanAmericanSprinter #RelayGold

Gold medalist Tommie Smith (center) and bronze medalist John Carlos (right) showing the raised fist on the podium after the 200 m race at the 1968 Summer Olympics; both wear Olympic Project for Human Rights badges. Peter Norman (silver medalist, left) from Australia also wears an OPHR badge in solidarity with Smith and Carlos. In his autobiography, Silent Gesture, Smith stated that the gesture was not a "Black Power" salute, but a "human rights salute". #olympics1968 #silentprotest

ICONIC SPORTS MOMENTS| John Carlos & Tommie Smith raising their fist in a black power protest at the 1968 Olympics..... #johncarlos #tommiesmith #olympics1968 #olympics #nikond40 #washingtondc #photographer #phototag #dmvphotographer #nupephotographer #photography #instadaily #instagood #instagram #instaphotography #sports #trackandfield #stuartscott #espn (at Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture)