A Well-paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports

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Viking, 2006 - 472 pages
"Flood was not a typical ballplayer. Artistic, well read, fiercely intelligent, and politically active, Flood was strongly influenced by the example of Jackie Robinson, who personally recruited Flood in to the civil rights movement. After twelve years with the Cardinals, Flood's roots had grown deep into the St. Louis soil. He also had established a photography and portrait-painting business in St. Louis, which he stood to lose by moving to Philadelphia. Unlike countless others before him, Flood refused to have his life uprooted against his wishes and was willing to sacrifice his baseball career so that no future player would have to endure a similar indignity." "A Well-Paid Slave provides the first in-depth look at Flood's lawsuit and its impact on both professional sports and the man who had the courage to see it through to the highest court in the land."--BOOK JACKET.

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