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Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete Cover:Paperback Country Summer illuminates the tenuousNEW 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