Black fist

Black fist

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The Black Fist, also known as The Black Power Fist is a visual meme generally associated with Black Nationalism and, sometimes, Socialism.

It is one graphical representation of the Raised fist salute.

It is also often incorporated into iconography related to other issues and themes which are supported by or related to many branches of Black Nationalism, as well as Socialism.

Probably its most widely-known usage is by the Black Panther Party in the 1960s.The raised fist was used as the salute of the Black Panther Party. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, medal winners John Carlos and Tommie Smith gave the raised fist salute during the American national anthem as a sign of black power and protest on behalf of the Olympic Project for Human Rights. For this, they were barred from further Olympic activities.

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The fist may represent union, as "many weak fingers can come together to create a strong fist", and is also used to express solidarity. This symbolism may have sprung from usage of the clenched fist by trade unions.

The fist often represents "Power" (as in "with an iron fist") or "Strength" and The color Black represents Black Nationalism.

ee also

*Raised fist
*Red fist
*White fist
*1968 Olympics Black Power salute

External links

* [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1034435/Race-row-Black-Power-statue-meant-bring-community-together.html Race row over 'Black Power' statue] from Mail Online News

References

*cite web |last=Cushing |first=Lincoln |date=January 25, 2006 |url=http://www.docspopuli.org/articles/Fist.html |title=A brief history of the 'clenched fist' image |work=Docs Populi |accessdate=2006-03-22


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