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What decisions were made by all three medalists in the 1968 olympics about how they would act during the playing of the US national anthem

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Answer: All three athletes wore Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR) badges and the two African-American athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, each raised a black-gloved fist during the playing of the US national anthem. This was the black power salute which stood against oppression of black people

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