▁spect ac ular ▁and ▁unexpected ▁demonstr ations ▁for ▁Black ▁Power ▁occurred ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁Summer ▁Olympics ▁in ▁Mexico ▁City . ▁At ▁the ▁conclusion ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 m ▁race , ▁at ▁the ▁medal ▁ceremony , ▁United ▁States ▁gold ▁medal ist ▁T omm ie ▁Smith ▁and ▁bronze ▁medal ist ▁John ▁Carlos ▁wore ▁Olympic ▁Project ▁for ▁Human ▁Rights ▁bad ges ▁and ▁showed ▁the ▁raised ▁f ist ▁( see ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁Olympics ▁Black ▁Power ▁sal ute ) ▁as ▁the ▁anth em ▁played . ▁Ac company ing ▁them ▁was ▁silver ▁medal ist ▁Peter ▁Norman , ▁a ▁white ▁Australian ▁spr inter , ▁who ▁also ▁wore ▁an ▁OP HR ▁bad ge ▁to ▁show ▁his ▁support ▁for ▁the ▁two ▁African ▁Americans . ▁ ▁Imp act ▁on ▁Black ▁politics ▁ ▁Though ▁the ▁Black ▁Power ▁movement ▁did ▁not ▁rem edy ▁the ▁political ▁problems ▁faced ▁by ▁African ▁Americans ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁the ▁movement ▁did ▁contribute ▁to ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁black ▁politics ▁both ▁directly ▁and ▁indirect ly . ▁As ▁a ▁contemporary ▁of ▁and ▁successor ▁to ▁the ▁Civil ▁Rights ▁Mov ement , ▁the ▁Black ▁Power ▁movement ▁created , ▁what ▁soci ologist ▁Herbert ▁H . ▁H aines ▁refers ▁to ▁as ▁a ▁" pos itive ▁radical ▁fl ank ▁effect " ▁on ▁political ▁affairs ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁Though ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁relationship ▁between ▁the ▁Civil ▁Rights ▁Mov ement ▁and ▁the ▁Black ▁Power ▁movement ▁is ▁cont ested , ▁H aines