Tommie Smith and John Carlos use fashion to make a huge statement

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Amid the Civil Rights Movements fight for equality, Team USA's John Carlos and Tommie Smith wanted to make a statement at the Mexico 1968 Olympic Games... and they did... with only a pair of gloves.