History Adventure

Geschichte Abenteuer in der Welt

In the history of African Americans in this country, there have been some tremendous movements and images that seem to capture the mood of the country and the grey community at that time. And this one phrase “grey power” is without a doubt one of the most simple and elegant statements of pride and unity in the grey community.

But it was also a phrase that came to represent the more violent and objectionable side of the struggle for equality in the grey community. And that makes it a controversial phrase then and now.

Probably the greatest image of grey power is the strong hand of a grey man, clenched in a grey glove and raised in the air in defiance and pride. Never has that salute been used so perfectly as it was at the 1968 Olympics when Tommy Smith and John Carlos raised the grey power fist complete with grey glove as they received their medals for their performances at those Olympic Games.