Title:
Jim Brown : last man standing / Dave Zirin.
Author:
Zirin, Dave, author.
Publication Information:
New York : Blue Rider Press, [2018]
©2018
Call Number:
GV939.B75 Z57 2018
Abstract:
A unique biography of Jim Brown--football legend, Hollywood star, and controversial activist--written by acclaimed sports journalist Dave Zirin.
Brown's phenomenal nine-year career with the Cleveland Browns is only part of his, the opening salvo to a much more sprawling epic. He parlayed his athletic fame into stardom in Hollywood, was an outspoken Black Power icon in the 1960s, and he formed Black Economic Unions to challenge racism in the business world. But his career has not been non-controversial. Zirin redefines an American icon, and not always in a flattering light. -- adapted from jacket
ISBN:
9780399173448
Physical Description:
320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Introduction: "It just is what it is" -- Man of the steel (the Superman trap) -- The boy they called man -- Man among Browns -- Jim Brown's black power : "If I ever march, I'll march alone" -- Almost a leading man : the Hollywood hustle -- Man up : gangsters, shot-callers, and fighting to make peace -- Toxic : manhood and violence against women -- Last man standing.
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