The $40 million slaves
Subtitle: the rise, fall, and redemption of the Black athlete
By: William Rhoden.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: African American athletes -- History; Sports -- United States -- History; Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History; African American athletes -- Social conditions
Other titles: Forty million dollar slaves
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The race begins : the dilemma of chimera; title: The plantation : the dilemma of physical bondage; title: The jockey syndrome : the dilemma of exclusion; title: The Negro leagues : the dilemma of myopia; title: Integration : the dilemma of inclusion without power; title: Style : the dilemma of appropriation; title: The conveyor belt : the dilemma of alienation; title: The river Jordan : the dilemma of neutrality; title: The forty-million dollar slave : the dilemma of wealth without control; title: The one who got away? : the dilemma of ownership.