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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

Author

William C. Rhoden

Publisher

Crown Publishing Group

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780307565747

Subjects

History, Sports, Science

Rating

4 / 5 (28 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14