From Slaveships to Scholarships: The Plight of the African-American Athlete

In an era when black athletes are commonly compared to the African slaves, Dr. Pinckney attempts to draw a connection to William Rhoden's "Forty Million Dollar Slaves" and Harry Edward's earlier work about the black athletes' integration and segregation issues. Furthermore, this book is an attempt to chronicle the past and current history of blacks in sports. This book reads like a hybrid book-part history, part sociology, and part current issues. Dr. Pinckney captures the rise and slow dec...