33 pages 1 hour read

William C. Rhoden

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

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

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Index of Terms

The Reserve Clause

A major league baseball policy that prevented players from becoming free agents. Curt Flood challenged this policy, and eventually free agency was born.

Title IX

A law in collegiate sports that requires universities to allocate the same amount of money to men’s and women’s athletic departments.

The Great White Hope

Both a metaphor and a reality, this concept imagines a white athlete who will compete—and win—against a black opponent, or compete on a team with mostly black players. The term is largely reserved for pugilists.

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