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Biographies of Famous African Leaders and Famous Western Leaders

Biographies of Famous African Leaders and Famous Western Leaders
By:"Joseph Ajayi Fashagba"
Published on 1997 by

This Book was ranked 9 by Google Books for keyword biographies.

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Young, Black, Rich, and Famous

Young, Black, Rich, and Famous
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Published on 2008-03-01 by U of Nebraska Press

In Young, Black, Rich, and Famous, Todd Boyd chronicles how basketball and hip hop have gone from being reviled by the American mainstream in the 1970s to being embraced and imitated globally today. For young black men, he argues, they represent a new version of the American dream, one embodying the hopes and desires of those excluded from the original version. Shedding light on both perception and reality, Boyd shows that the NBA has been at the forefront of recognizing and incorporating cultural shifts?from the initial image of 1970s basketball players as overpaid black drug addicts, to Michael Jordan?s spectacular rise as a universally admired icon, to the 1990s, when the hip hop aesthetic (for example, Allen Iverson?s cornrows, multiple tattoos, and defiant, in-your-face attitude) appeared on the basketball court. Hip hop lyrics, with their emphasis on ?keepin? it real? and marked by a colossal indifference to mainstream taste, became an equally powerful influence on young black men. These two influences have created a brand-new, brand-name generation that refuses to assimilate but is nonetheless an important part of mainstream American culture. This Bison Books edition includes a new introduction by the author.

This Book was ranked 30 by Google Books for keyword young.

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Biographies of World Famous Leaders

Biographies of World Famous Leaders
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Published on 2005 by Sura Books

This Book was ranked 27 by Google Books for keyword biographies.

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