Forty Million Dollar Slaves The Rise, Fall,

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 their stratospheric earnings envied. Bur 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.

William C. Rhoden has been a sportswriter for the New York Times since 1983, and has written the “Sports of the Times” column for more than a decade. He also serves as a consultant for ESPN’s SportsCentury series, and occasionally appears as a guest on their show The Sports Reporters. In 1996, Rhoden won a Peabody Award for Broadcasting as writer of the HBO documentary Journey of the African-American Athlete. A graduate of Morgan State University in Baltimore, he lives in New York City’s Harlem with his wife and daughter.

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Prologue	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Race Begins: The Dilemma of Illusion	p. 11
The Plantation: The Dilemma of Physical Bondage	p. 35
The Jockey Syndrome: The Dilemma of Exclusion	p. 63
The Negro Leagues: The Dilemma of Myopia	p. 99
Integration: The Dilemma of Inclusion Without Power	p. 127
Style: The Dilemma of Appropriation	p. 147
The Conveyor Belt: The Dilemma of Alienation	p. 171
The River Jordan: The Dilemma of Neutrality	p. 197
Ain't I a Woman? The Dilemma of the Double Burden	p. 219
The $40 Million Slave: The Dilemma of Wealth Without Control	p. 231
The One Who Got Away? The Dilemma of Ownership	p. 247
Epilogue	p. 263
Notes	p. 271
Bibliography	p. 277
Acknowledgments	p. 279
Index	p. 281
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Forty Million Dollar Slaves The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete

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