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Synopsis
The game was segregated. The grass was not.In the fall of 1936, Black Birmingham wasn't waiting for permission.
On Fourth Avenue, an entire self-sustaining world had been built from the red clay up. The Dunbar Theatre. Wash on Fourth laundromats. Elias Vance's tailor shop, where Negro League Football™ uniforms had been cut and sewn since 1917. Lucy Webb's rooming house, where a Tennessee A&I State College graduate quietly kept her ear to the ground. Businesses. Churches. Families. Institutions. Built deliberately. Owned. Protected. Thriving.
At the center of that world stands Cornelius James, owner of the Birmingham Hammers—the crown jewel of Negro League Football in the South. From five acres of Alabama red clay called Mitchell Field, he has built more than a championship football team. He has built a legacy.
But legacies are never inherited by accident.
Cornelius's story begins long before Birmingham. Long before Mitchell Field. Long before football. It begins an ocean away with Adeola, a young African woman forced from her homeland in chains. Through Reconstruction, through sacrifice, through faith, and through land earned when freedom was little more than a promise, one family built an inheritance that every generation was determined to protect.
By 1933, the National Football League had quietly closed its doors to Black players. The gentlemen's agreement was silent, unsigned, and absolute. They took the league, but they could not take the game.
So Black communities built their own.
Now the undefeated Harrisburg Trojans are traveling south across the Mason-Dixon Line for a championship expected to draw thousands. Coach Monty has the Hammers ready. The city is ready.
Not everyone has come for football.
Night riders still prowl Alabama roads. The Ku Klux Klan watches from the shadows. Powerful interests from Nashville and Chicago have begun circling everything Black Birmingham has built—not just a football team, but businesses, land, and a way of life.
Rich with unforgettable characters, powerful women, fierce rivalries, faith, humor, heartbreak, and hope, The Owner's Box is the first novel in an epic historical trilogy inspired by the forgotten history of Negro League Football. A sweeping story of family, football, freedom, and the extraordinary institutions Black communities built when they were denied a place in someone else's.
Some inherit wealth.
Others inherit the responsibility to protect it.
Nothing was given, so they built their inheritance.
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About the Author
Erica Ahmed is a Public Health Strategist, the founder of Negro League Football(TM), and the owner of The Green Laundress. She holds a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Bowie State University and a Master of Science in Health Education from Columbia University.Her debut novel draws on family history that is integral to the story. Erica is the granddaughter of Hubert Simpson, quarterback for the Harrisburg Trojans, who won the 1941 Negro World Classic Championship game against the New York Brown Bombers. The novel's Hubert Scott is a direct tribute to his legacy, and to the players, coaches, and communities of Negro League Football(TM) who have yet to receive full recognition in American sports history.The Owner's Box: The Inheritance is an act of literary recovery and cultural reclamation for a chapter of history that deserves to be read, honored, and passed forward.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In the fall of 1936, Black Birmingham is not waiting for permission.On Fourth Avenue, an entire self-sustaining world has been built from the red clay up. The Dunbar Theatre. Wash on Fourth laundromats. Elias Vance's tailor shop, where Negro League Football(TM) uniforms have been cut and sewn since 1917. And Lucy Webb's rooming house, where a Tennessee A&I graduate quietly operates an intelligence network stretching far beyond Birmingham.These are institutions born of necessity. Built deliberately. Owned, protected, and thriving.Now, outsiders from Nashville and Chicago have begun circling what Black Birmingham has built.At the center of this world stands Cornelius James, owner of the Birmingham Hammers. His lineage didn't arrive seeking opportunity; they were brought shackled, against their will. Cornelius's inheritance begins in West Africa with Adeola, runs through a Reconstruction-era courthouse in Alabama, and extends on forty-seven acres of Shelby County land purchased by his father, Solomon. Now, Cornelius watches his football team from a folding chair on four steps of pine board above Mitchell Field's red clay. Every generation added something. None surrendered anything.As rival dynasties collide, Cornelius finds himself fighting a battle far bigger than football-a battle for ownership, community, and the right to keep what generations fought to build.The Inheritance is the first installment of The Owner's Box, the story of what is built when you are given nothing, and the fight to hold it. In the fall of 1936, Black Birmingham is not waiting for permission. The Inheritance is the first installment of The Owner's Box, the story of what is built when you are given nothing, and the fight to hold it. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798234120304
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - In the fall of 1936, Black Birmingham is not waiting for permission.On Fourth Avenue, an entire self-sustaining world has been built from the red clay up. The Dunbar Theatre. Wash on Fourth laundromats. Elias Vance's tailor shop, where Negro League Football(TM) uniforms have been cut and sewn since 1917. And Lucy Webb's rooming house, where a Tennessee A&I graduate quietly operates an intelligence network stretching far beyond Birmingham.These are institutions born of necessity. Built deliberately. Owned, protected, and thriving.Now, outsiders from Nashville and Chicago have begun circling what Black Birmingham has built.At the center of this world stands Cornelius James, owner of the Birmingham Hammers. His lineage didn't arrive seeking opportunity; they were brought shackled, against their will. Cornelius's inheritance begins in West Africa with Adeola, runs through a Reconstruction-era courthouse in Alabama, and extends on forty-seven acres of Shelby County land purchased by his father, Solomon. Now, Cornelius watches his football team from a folding chair on four steps of pine board above Mitchell Field's red clay. Every generation added something. None surrendered anything.As rival dynasties collide, Cornelius finds himself fighting a battle far bigger than football-a battle for ownership, community, and the right to keep what generations fought to build.The Inheritance is the first installment of The Owner's Box, the story of what is built when you are given nothing, and the fight to hold it. Seller Inventory # 9798234120304
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In the fall of 1936, Black Birmingham is not waiting for permission.On Fourth Avenue, an entire self-sustaining world has been built from the red clay up. The Dunbar Theatre. Wash on Fourth laundromats. Elias Vance's tailor shop, where Negro League Football(TM) uniforms have been cut and sewn since 1917. And Lucy Webb's rooming house, where a Tennessee A&I graduate quietly operates an intelligence network stretching far beyond Birmingham.These are institutions born of necessity. Built deliberately. Owned, protected, and thriving.Now, outsiders from Nashville and Chicago have begun circling what Black Birmingham has built.At the center of this world stands Cornelius James, owner of the Birmingham Hammers. His lineage didn't arrive seeking opportunity; they were brought shackled, against their will. Cornelius's inheritance begins in West Africa with Adeola, runs through a Reconstruction-era courthouse in Alabama, and extends on forty-seven acres of Shelby County land purchased by his father, Solomon. Now, Cornelius watches his football team from a folding chair on four steps of pine board above Mitchell Field's red clay. Every generation added something. None surrendered anything.As rival dynasties collide, Cornelius finds himself fighting a battle far bigger than football-a battle for ownership, community, and the right to keep what generations fought to build.The Inheritance is the first installment of The Owner's Box, the story of what is built when you are given nothing, and the fight to hold it. In the fall of 1936, Black Birmingham is not waiting for permission. The Inheritance is the first installment of The Owner's Box, the story of what is built when you are given nothing, and the fight to hold it. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798234120304
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In the fall of 1936, Black Birmingham is not waiting for permission.On Fourth Avenue, an entire self-sustaining world has been built from the red clay up. The Dunbar Theatre. Wash on Fourth laundromats. Elias Vance's tailor shop, where Negro League Football(TM) uniforms have been cut and sewn since 1917. And Lucy Webb's rooming house, where a Tennessee A&I graduate quietly operates an intelligence network stretching far beyond Birmingham.These are institutions born of necessity. Built deliberately. Owned, protected, and thriving.Now, outsiders from Nashville and Chicago have begun circling what Black Birmingham has built.At the center of this world stands Cornelius James, owner of the Birmingham Hammers. His lineage didn't arrive seeking opportunity; they were brought shackled, against their will. Cornelius's inheritance begins in West Africa with Adeola, runs through a Reconstruction-era courthouse in Alabama, and extends on forty-seven acres of Shelby County land purchased by his father, Solomon. Now, Cornelius watches his football team from a folding chair on four steps of pine board above Mitchell Field's red clay. Every generation added something. None surrendered anything.As rival dynasties collide, Cornelius finds himself fighting a battle far bigger than football-a battle for ownership, community, and the right to keep what generations fought to build.The Inheritance is the first installment of The Owner's Box, the story of what is built when you are given nothing, and the fight to hold it. In the fall of 1936, Black Birmingham is not waiting for permission. The Inheritance is the first installment of The Owner's Box, the story of what is built when you are given nothing, and the fight to hold it. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798234120304
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