John Carlos

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civil rights activist human sprinter

John Carlos is an American former sprinter and civil rights activist best known for raising a gloved fist in a Black Power salute on the medal podium at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.

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Label Occurrences
John Carlos canonical 6
John Carlos Jr. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights activist ⓘ
human ⓘ
sprinter ⓘ
awardReceived Arthur Ashe Courage Award ⓘ
coachedAt Palm Springs High School ⓘ
coAuthor Dave Zirin ⓘ
competedIn 1968 Summer Olympics ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1945-06-05 ⓘ
educatedAt East Texas State University ⓘ
San Jose State University ⓘ
surface form: San Jose State College
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
event 100 metres ⓘ
200 metres ⓘ
4 × 100 metres relay ⓘ
familyName Carlos ⓘ
famousFor 1968 Mexico City Olympics Black Power salute ⓘ
surface form: Black Power salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics
givenName John ⓘ
hasChild John Carlos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: John Carlos Jr.

Kimberly Carlos ⓘ
honoredBy San Jose State University statue of 1968 Olympic protest ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
medal bronze medal ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam San Jose State Spartans men's track and field ⓘ
movement Olympic Project for Human Rights ⓘ
American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form: civil rights movement
name John Wesley Carlos ⓘ
notableWork “The John Carlos Story” (shared narrative and coverage) ⓘ
surface form: The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World
occupation American football player ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ
educator ⓘ
sprinter ⓘ
performed Black Power salute on the medal podium in Mexico City ⓘ
placeOfBirth Harlem ⓘ
surface form: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States
politicalActivity advocacy for racial equality in sports ⓘ
public speaking on human rights and social justice ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
representedCountry United States of America ⓘ
residence California, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sharedPodiumWith Peter Norman ⓘ
Tommie Smith ⓘ
sport athletics ⓘ
spouse Kimberly Carlos ⓘ
surface form: Kimberly Louise Carlos
subjectOf “The John Carlos Story” (shared narrative and coverage) ⓘ
surface form: The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World
won bronze medal in men's 200 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics ⓘ

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1968 Mexico City Olympics Black Power salute → performer → John Carlos ⓘ
1968 Summer Olympics → featuredAthlete → John Carlos ⓘ
Tommie Smith → coParticipant → John Carlos ⓘ
Peter Norman → stoodNextTo → John Carlos ⓘ
Tommie Smith was gold medalist in men's 200 metres → coParticipant → John Carlos ⓘ
subject surface form: Tommie Smith
Peter Norman was silver medalist in men's 200 metres → supported → John Carlos ⓘ
subject surface form: Peter Norman
John Carlos → hasChild → John Carlos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Carlos Jr.