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Author Rhoden, William C.

Title $40 million slaves : the rise, fall, and redemption of the Black athlete / William C. Rhoden.

Imprint New York : Crown Publishers, c2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  796.08996 R346f 2006    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xiii, 286 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-278) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject African American athletes -- History.
Sports -- United States -- History.
Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History.
African American athletes -- Social conditions.
Spine Title Forty million dollar slaves
ISBN 0609601202
Standard No. 9780609601204
YDXCP 2368578

 
    
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