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Black Profiles in Courage: A Legacy of African-American Achievement Book

With all the flair of his last-second game-winning sky hooks, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar delivers a well-written and important collection highlighting the lives of America's greatest black heroes. Taking his title cue from John Kennedy's Profiles in Courage, Abdul-Jabbar brings to life the exploits of a wide variety of African Americans, including Estevanico, a Moorish slave who discovered Arizona and New Mexico; Cinque, a kidnapped African slave who led a mutiny aboard the slave ship Amistad and later won his freedom in the U.S.; and Harriet Tubman, who brought hundreds of slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad. In a time when the media beams negative images of African Americans around the world, Black Profiles in Courage is indispensable for young adults of other races as well as African-American youth, showing that attributes like courage are not coded by color. For those young blacks who feel distant from America because of racism, books like this are a small but potent antidote against prejudice, reminding them of the important contributions African Americans have made to their country. --Eugene Holley, Jr.Read More

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  • Product Description

    The basketball star and black history scholar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar brings readers an ideal introduction to black history that focuses on the inspiring true stories of extraordinary men and women who typified the virtues of integrity, discipline, and self-respect. They include Peter Salem, volunteer soldier who turned the tide at Bunker Hill; Joseph Cinque, leader of a daring revolt on the slave ship Amistad; Frederick Douglass, one of the most notable black leaders of the 19th century; and Harriet Tubman, who led at least 300 slaves to freedom.

  • 038073060X
  • 9780380730605
  • Kareem Abdul Jabaar, Alan Steinberg
  • 1 November 1997
  • Avon Books
  • Mass Market Paperback (Book)
  • 304
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