Olympic Project for Human Rights

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The Olympic Project for Human Rights was a late-1960s athlete-led civil rights organization that used the Olympic Games as a platform to protest racial injustice and advocate for social and political change.

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Olympic Project for Human Rights canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf athlete-led protest movement ⓘ
civil rights organization ⓘ
activePeriod late 1960s ⓘ
aimedAt International Olympic Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Olympic Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. sports institutions ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
field civil rights ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
racial justice ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
foundedBy Harry Edwards NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMember John Carlos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lee Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tommie Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to debates on politics in sport ⓘ
pioneered athlete activism on a global stage ⓘ
ideology Black freedom struggle ⓘ
anti-racism ⓘ
inception 1967 ⓘ
influenced John Carlos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tommie Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
other Black American athletes ⓘ
inspired 1968 Olympics Black Power salute NERFINISHED ⓘ
locationOfActivity Mexico City NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States sports institutions ⓘ
mediaCoverage international ⓘ
movement American civil rights movement ⓘ
Black Power movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent 1968 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor linking athletic competition with human rights activism ⓘ
organizing athlete protests at the 1968 Olympics ⓘ
opposed apartheid in Rhodesia ⓘ
apartheid in South Africa ⓘ
racial discrimination in sports ⓘ
segregation ⓘ
purpose advocate for political change ⓘ
advocate for social change ⓘ
protest racial injustice ⓘ
strategy boycotts ⓘ
public demonstrations ⓘ
symbolic protest gestures ⓘ
supported boycott of 1968 Olympics unless demands were met ⓘ
greater representation of Black people on U.S. Olympic Committee ⓘ
increased hiring of Black coaches ⓘ
restoration of Muhammad Ali’s boxing title ⓘ
usedPlatform Olympic Games NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Tommie Smith → affiliatedWith → Olympic Project for Human Rights ⓘ
John Carlos → movement → Olympic Project for Human Rights ⓘ