3 p. A form letter typed on San Jose State College, Robert D. Clark, President letterhead and signed by him, reiterating his opinion on the suspension of Tommie Smith and John Carlos for their controversial action at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and citing various articles in the media., Document from the University of Oregon Office of the President.
16 p. A typed copy of Robert D. Clark's article, written during his tenure as president of San Jose State College, on the nature of athletics, their relation to passions and politics, racial discrimination, and a controversial symbolic action on the awards stand at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics by two winning runners, black students from San Jose State., Document from the University of Oregon Office of the President.
The native population of Mexico at the time America was discovered, was of course Indian. Today, the mixed element, partly white, partly Indian, seems to be numerically in the lead, since there are relatively few foreigners in Mexico, and the pure Indian races are slowly being displaced. The City of Mexico was the largest city in America when Cortez conquered it and it still is the largest city in Mexico. We should realize that the Mexican Indians at the time of the conquest had fairly high civilizations of their own.
Dick Fosbury, of Medford and Oregon State University, is shown winning the 1968 Olympic High Jump in Mexico City in a new Olympic Games and American record of 7 feet 4 and 1/4th inches. The games were in the summer of 1968 and Fosbury was between his junior and senior year at Oregon State University.
The high jump results are shown on the scoreboard at the 1968 Olympics held in Mexico at the Stadio Olympico. First place was won by Dick Fosbury from Medford, Oregon (Oregon State University alumni) with an American and Olympic Games high jump record of 7 feet 4 1/4 inches.
