Summary
The most rewarding part of publication has been an opportunity, using the popularity and power of sports, to initiate a national dialogue around themes crucial to African American survival: empowerment, dedication to a common cause, recapturing the spirit of unity and teamwork. During panel discussions and private conversations over the past few months, a number of people have pointed out how great Black athletes of the past - Russell, football legend Jim Brown and, of course, Muhammad Ali - were outspoken on the subject of racial equality. In fact, what faces the contemporary Black athlete and all young African Americans today is more of a challenge than a harrowing struggle: how to pool unprecedented resources to create a new Promised Land inside this new Egypt.
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Power Play
My book, Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Black Athlete, was published in July and the subsequent response has been gratifying. The most rewarding part of publication has been an opportunity, using the popularity and power of sports, to initiate a national dialogue around themes crucial to African American survival: empowerment, dedication to a common cause, recapturing the spirit of unity and teamwork.
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