“The Power of Athlete Activism: Examining the Cleveland Summit and the Mexico Olympics as Catalysts for the Black Power Movement”

Using the events of the Cleveland Summit and the stand and efforts of john carlos and tommie smith in the mexico olympics, please write a 20 page research paper assessing black power through these two events. Use primary and secondary sources to write this paper. Make sure to indicate how these people used their avenue of sports to bring attention to the segregation that was going on during this time and their roles in black power. Try to use newspaper articles preferably from that time and also black newspapers. You can use websites like newspapers.com and proquest.com to find the newspapers and sources needed. Be sure to cite any sources that you may find using mla format. BLACK POWER MOVEMENT