The Track in the Forest: The Creation of a Legendary 1968 US Olympic Team

The 1968 US men's track and field team featured such legends as Tommie Smith, Bob Beamon, Al Oerter and Dick Fosbury and they won 12 gold medals and set six world records at the Mexico City Games, one of the most dominant performances in Olympic history. Fifty years later, the Black Power protest of Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the victory stand in Mexico City remains one of the most enduring images of the 1960s. Less known is the role that a 400-meter track carved out of the Eldorado Na...