Forty Million Dollar Slaves

Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete [Audiobook] eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at Oct. 11, 2017

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 former 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.

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Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at March 29, 2018

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.

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Sandra Jackson-Dumont, "Kerry James Marshall: A Creative Convening" eBooks & eLearning

Posted by TimMa at Oct. 15, 2018

Kerry James Marshall is a contemporary painter whose work explores the complex effects of the Civil Rights movement on the everyday life on African Americans. Through narrative scenes that draw both from history and the artist’s own life, Marshall delves into obscure moments and objects important to contemporary and past black culture. His work is likewise concerned with the tradition of Western painting, and the notion of mastery, authorship, and the erasure of black bodies throughout art history. …

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