It was early Saturday morning in Northwest D.C., and the stands were already packed with spectators. Meet organizers were hard at work, as 800 athletes from 31 track clubs and teams gathered on the astroturf infield at Spingarn High School, after a stirring opening ceremony that paid homage to the actual Olympic Games.
It stands as one of the most symbolic images in the history of social activism - Olympic sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos standing on the podium in Mexico City in 1968, adorned by Olympic gold and bronze medals and raising black-gloved fists
