IHPM – Episode #23 | Pop Machine

Recommended Reading:

Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athletes by William C. Rhoden (ISBN: 0307353141) – Provocative and controversial, Rhoden’s $40 Million Slaves weaves a compelling narrative of black athletes in the United States, from the plantation to their beginnings in nineteenth-century boxing rings to the history-making accomplishments of notable figures such as Jesse Owens, Althea Gibson, and Willie Mays. Rhoden reveals that black athletes’ “evolution” has merely been a journey from literal plantations—where sports were introduced as diversions to quell revolutionary stirrings—to today’s figurative ones, in the form of collegiate and professional sports programs.

Playlist:

Excerpt from Eraserhead

1. Song – Artist (Album)

For Your Precious Love – Jerry Butler

You got What It Takes – Bobby Parker

You Can Make It If You Try – Gene Allison

It’s You I Love – Dillard Crom Jr.

Pigtails & Blue Jeans – Leonard Carbo

High School Diploma – The Capers

Nobody But You – Dee Clark

(Do The) Chicken – Billy “The Kid” Emerson

Hatti Mallati – Lee Diamond