Forty Million Dollar Slaves The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete

Name: Forty Million Dollar Slaves The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete
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ISBN: 9780307353146

ISBN-10: 0307353141

ISBN-13: 9780307353146

Edition: 2006

Authors: William C. Rhoden

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From Jackie Robinson to Muhammad Ali and Arthur Ashe, African American athletes have been at the center of modern culture, their on-the-field heroics admired and stratospheric earnings envied. But for all their money, fame, and achievement, says "New York Times" columnist William C. Rhoden, black athletes still find themselves on the periphery of true power in the multibillion-dollar industry their talent built. Provocative and controversial, Rhoden's "$40 Million Slaves" weaves a compelling narrative of black athletes in the United States, from the plantation to their beginnings in nineteenth-century boxing rings and at the first Kentucky Derby to the history-making accomplishments of…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 7/24/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.18" wide x 7.95" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Prologue


Introduction



The Race Begins: The Dilemma of Illusion



The Plantation: The Dilemma of Physical Bondage



The Jockey Syndrome: The Dilemma of Exclusion



The Negro Leagues: The Dilemma of Myopia



Integration: The Dilemma of Inclusion Without Power



Style: The Dilemma of Appropriation



The Conveyor Belt: The Dilemma of Alienation



The River Jordan: The Dilemma of Neutrality



Ain't I a Woman? The Dilemma of the Double Burden



The $40 Million Slave: The Dilemma of Wealth Without Control



The One Who Got Away? The Dilemma of Ownership


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index