ISBN-13: 9780307353146
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLERAn explosive and absorbing discussion of race, politics, and the history of American sports.EbonyFrom 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, saysNew York Timescolumnist 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, Rhodens$40 Million Slavesweaves a compelling narrative of black athletes in the United States, from the plantation to their beginnings in nineteenth-century boxing rings to the history-making accomplishments of notable figures such as Jesse Owens, Althea Gibson, and Willie Mays. Rhoden reveals that black athletesevolution has merely been a journey from literal plantationswhere sports were introduced as diversions to quell revolutionary stirringsto todays figurative ones, in the form of collegiate and professional sports programs. He details theconveyor belt that brings kids from inner cities and small towns to big-time programs, where theyre cut off from their roots and exploited by team owners, sports agents, and the media. He also sets his sights on athletes like Michael Jordan, who he says have abdicated their responsibility to the community with an apathy that borders on treason.The power black athletes have today is as limited as when masters forced their slaves to race and fight. The primary difference is, todays shackles areinvisible.Praise forForty Million Dollar SlavesA provocative, passionate, important, and disturbing book.The New York Times Book ReviewBrilliant . . . a beautifully written, complex, and rich narrative.Washington Post Book WorldA powerful call for more black athletes to give back to their communities.Los Angeles Times
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ISBN-13: 9780307353146
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLERAn explosive and absorbing discussion of race, politics, and the history of American sports.EbonyFrom 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, saysNew York Timescolumnist 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, Rhodens$40 Million Slavesweaves a compelling narrative of black athletes in the United States, from the plantation to their beginnings in nineteenth-century boxing rings to the history-making accomplishments of notable figures such as Jesse Owens, Althea Gibson, and Willie Mays. Rhoden reveals that black athletesevolution has merely been a journey from literal plantationswhere sports were introduced as diversions to quell revolutionary stirringsto todays figurative ones, in the form of collegiate and professional sports programs. He details theconveyor belt that brings kids from inner cities and small towns to big-time programs, where theyre cut off from their roots and exploited by team owners, sports agents, and the media. He also sets his sights on athletes like Michael Jordan, who he says have abdicated their responsibility to the community with an apathy that borders on treason.The power black athletes have today is as limited as when masters forced their slaves to race and fight. The primary difference is, todays shackles areinvisible.Praise forForty Million Dollar SlavesA provocative, passionate, important, and disturbing book.The New York Times Book ReviewBrilliant . . . a beautifully written, complex, and rich narrative.Washington Post Book WorldA powerful call for more black athletes to give back to their communities.Los Angeles Times
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Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete eBook Free
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