nick marsh, bbc news. it was an historic moment captured by the world's media.k power salute at the 1968 mexico olympics. it was against the rules and they were sent home. now a group of american athletes is calling for the scrapping of the rule which forbids athletes from protesting. the man who won the gold medal and stood in the centre of that iconic image, dr tommie smith, is in stone mountain georgia. we have a group of modern—day athletes calling for the rules to be changed. they want protests to be allowed at the olympics. what do you make of that? i make a positive idea, positive move, the athletes standing upfor positive move, the athletes standing up for rights we should have had way back then andi should have had way back then and i am so proud of our young people who were taking a stand of moving society in a forthright situation where everybody can enjoy the sound of freedom, the sound of equality and the sound of goodness, so people can live together. this modern call, obviously, this is in the wake of black lives matter. what have you made of thes

nick marsh, bbc news. it was an historic moment captured by the world's media.fists at the 1968 mexico olympics. it was against the rules and they were sent home. now a group of american athletes is calling for the scrapping of the rule which forbids athletes from protesting. i spoke to olympic champion tommie smith and i asked him for his reaction for calls to allow protests. i make if it a very positive idea, positive move, with the athletes now standing up for rights which we should have had way back then. and i am so proud of our young people who are taking the stand of moving society in a forthright situation, where everybody can enjoy the sound of freedom, the sound of equality and the sound of goodness, so people can live together. this modern call, obviously, this is in the wake of black lives matter. what have you made of this uprising, these protests, these changes that we have seen? we've seen a lot of things in these type changes. some are good and, of course, some are bad. you know, for every forward movement, three steps, there is two steps backwar

nick marsh, bbc news, singapore. it was an historic moment captured by the world's media.fists at the 1968 mexico olympics. it was against the rules and they were sent home. now a group of american athletes is calling for the scrapping of the rule which forbids athletes from protesting. i spoke tojohn carlos, who won bronze in 1968 and stood on the podium with his fist raised, for that iconic image. i asked him if he had any idea how significant that protest would be. i knew how it would be important. i knew it was coming down the pipe. i didn't realise it was there until it happened. what we re there until it happened. what were you thinking about when you were standing there with your fist in the you were standing there with yourfist in the air? you were standing there with your fist in the air? first thing i was thinking about was the stories my dad told me about when he came home from the first world war about how he got shot up in the war and how he fought for america and loved america and then he came home and realised america didn't love him and he wished he had nev

nick marsh, bbc news. it was an historic moment captured by the world's media.carlos raised fists at the 1968 mexico olympics. it was against the rules and they were sent home. now a group of american athletes is calling for the scrapping of the rule which forbids athletes from protesting. john carlos who won bronze in 1968 and stood on the podium with his fist raised, for that iconic image, is in georgia now. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. it is an honour to be here. i want to go back to that moment in 1968, just seeing that image. did you know at the time how significant, how important that would be? a new very much so how important it would be, based on some other areas either than for side. a young individual let me know it was coming down the pipe but didn't realise it was then until it happened. what did you think about was standing with your fist in the think about was standing with yourfist in the air? think about was standing with your fist in the air? that my dad told me about when he came home from the first world war about how he got shot up in