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Different movements sometimes use different terms to describe the raised fist salute: amongst communists and socialists, raised right fist is sometimes called the red salute, whereas in the United States it is widely known as the Black Power salute due to use by many African-American activists.
Jun 11, 2020 · The Black Lives Matter raised, clenched fist symbol has a long history behind it, but what does it mean? Following the tragic killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis, on May...
May 11, 2016 · The gesture has a long history as a symbol of defiance and solidarity. Athletes have sometimes used a clenched-fist gesture as a political statement. Here's a closer look at the gesture.
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Feb 1, 2017 · On Inauguration Day, Trump emerged from the Capitol Building, gave a thumbs-up, and then raised his right fist in the air. The incongruity of the fist was plain. Decades earlier, the raised fist was a signal of resistance associated with the Black Power movement.
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Jul 31, 2020 · As many as 100,000 dockworkers, children, workers, and members of the Jewish community stood shoulder to shoulder with fists in the air and turned the fascists back.
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Oct 16, 2018 · On Oct. 16, 1968, American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists at the Summer Olympics in Mexico City — a photo that still reverberates five decades later.
Oct 16, 2018 · Their upraised fists became a symbol of black refusal to submit to racial injustice — a precursor to today's take-a-knee protests by NFL players. The raised-fist photo has become iconic.
