1968 Mexico City Games

Anti-apartheid demonstrators protest outside the Waldorf Hotel in London where South African cricketers are staying in 1965

The 1968 Olympics in Mexico City

Worldwide pressure forced IOC to maintain ban on South Africa in 1968

Dick Fosbury soars over the bar during the men’s high jump at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City

The 1968 Olympics in Mexico City

Trial and error: How Dick Fosbury revolutionized the high jump

Wyomia Tyus on Olympic medal podium

The 1968 Olympics in Mexico City

Impact of Ed Temple, Tigerbelles pushed Wyomia Tyus to stand up for her beliefs

ASU Professor Victoria Jackson

Culture

ASU historian: In sports, the power plays are often off the field