The gesture has a long history as a symbol of defiance and solidarity ... Smith said he saw it as a "human rights salute." Sometimes a fist raised in the air is simply a fist raised in the ...

What does the black fist mean? To some ... "[It] was a cry for freedom and for human rights," Smith told Smithsonian magazine in 2008. "We had to be seen because we couldn't be heard." ...

We trafficked in human beings ... but I refused the symbol because, for me as a Cuban American, the raised fist also symbolizes a haunting history that has reverberated for generations.

He—or his fist—became a symbol, plastered on T-shirts and posters ... bow their heads during the U.S. national anthem as a human rights protest, while they stand on the podium with Australian ...

In these contexts, it was typically viewed as a symbol of solidarity with others who shared their views. In the 1960s, however, the raised fist became associated with the Black Power movement.

JEDDAH: It took less than 24 hours in Saudi Arabia for US President Joe Biden to tarnish an image he has long cultivated: that of a fierce defender of human rights ... his fist-bump with Saudi ...

What does the black fist mean? To some ... “[It] was a cry for freedom and for human rights,” Smith told Smithsonian magazine in 2008. “We had to be seen because we couldn’t be heard.” ...

The clenched fist has been closely tied to social tumult ... “[It] was a cry for freedom and for human rights,” Smith told Smithsonian magazine in 2008. “We had to be seen because we couldn ...