John Carlos

Inside the Zoom call where Kyrie Irving tried to burst the NBA’s bubble

After hearing from Olympic protester John Carlos, a group of players tried to organize a boycott

‘The Difference Makers’

Clinton Yates on how Black athletes have made a difference in our society and our lives

The many forms of white privilege

ESPN contributing writer Tom Junod examines white privilege and the forms it can take

George Foreman: ‘If I had to do it all over again, I would have had two flags’

Boxer has no regrets carrying an American flag around the ring days after John Carlos and Tommie Smith raised their fists on the Olympic podium

Jenkins vs. Reid: United in the struggle but torn apart by tactics

Just like John Carlos and Tommie Smith, different paths to activism

50 years after Olympic protest, the activist message should not be commercialized

At what cost do we weaken social justice movement with advertising?

The Mexico City Olympics protest and the media

Comparing coverage of Smith and Carlos in 1968 to Kaepernick today shows what’s changed — and what hasn’t

Today’s NFL players see the same injustices that prompted Jim Brown to be an activist

Brown’s stature on the field and in Hollywood got people to pay attention

The reign of Lew Alcindor in the age of revolt

When black collegians debated boycotting the Olympics in 1968, he emerged as the most prominent face on campus