Forty Million Dollar Slaves Book Reviews

AUTHOR
William C. Rhoden
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
98

Forty Million Dollar Slaves by William C. Rhoden Book Summary

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “An explosive and absorbing discussion of race, politics, and the history of American sports.”—Ebony
 
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 to the history-making accomplishments of notable figures such as Jesse Owens, Althea Gibson, and Willie Mays. Rhoden reveals that black athletes’ “evolution” has merely been a journey from literal plantations—where sports were introduced as diversions to quell revolutionary stirrings—to today’s figurative ones, in the form of collegiate and professional sports programs. He details the “conveyor belt” that brings kids from inner cities and small towns to big-time programs, where they’re 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, today’s shackles are invisible.

Praise for Forty Million Dollar Slaves
 
“A provocative, passionate, important, and disturbing book.”—The New York Times Book Review
 
“Brilliant . . . a beautifully written, complex, and rich narrative.”—Washington Post Book World
 
“A powerful call for more black athletes to give back to their communities.”—Los Angeles Times

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Book Name Forty Million Dollar Slaves
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Phenomenal. Amazing read. Wont be disappointed at all. Very enlightening.

Eye Opening. The authors prospective on the history and sociology of the black experience in sport is eye opening to say the least. I will never look at sports the same. This book should be a required reading for all athletes and their families.

Great book 2k18. Great read. I'm twenty-eight years of age, and this book will help me clarify the ideology of sports to my two African Amercian sons from an African American perspective.

Forty Million Dollar Slaves. Thank you Mr. Rhoden! Great reading for everyone & a must as an eye opener if you've just been going along with what you hear in the mass media. I'll recommend to coaches & athletes!

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The Forty Million Dollar Slaves book written by William C. Rhoden was published on 11 July 2006, Tuesday in the Sports & Outdoors category. A total of 98 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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