You are watching old reruns of the 1968 Mexican Olympics. During one particular scene, when the American national anthem was being played, you realised that two young men raised black-gloved fists with bowed heads.

What do you think this gesture symbolised at the time?

Serbian struggle for supremacy

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Indian independence

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American Civil Rights Movement

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African independence struggle

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The correct option is C American Civil Rights Movement
It was around the 1950s and the 1960s that Martin Luther King Junior led a series of non-violent protest movements to push for civil rights and equality for the African-Americans in the USA.

Yugoslavia was dominated by the Serbs since 1986; India got independence from colonial rule in 1947.

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You are watching old reruns of the 1968 Mexican Olympics. During one particular scene, when the American national anthem was being played, you realised that two young men raised black-gloved fists with bowed heads. What do you think this gesture symbolised at the time?

You are watching old reruns of the 1968 Mexican Olympics. During one particular scene, when the American national anthem was being played, you realised that two young men raised black-gloved fists with bowed heads.

What do you think this gesture symbolised at the time?