iri!<' |Jn rtlau i) CObscrui'v Septem ber 8. 2004 Participate in Democracy: R egistering to vote is easy. Form s are av ailab le o n lin e at www.oregonvotes.org or at the Oregon Dept. o f Motor Vehicles. Post Offices, libraries and other state agencies. FLEXIBLE & CONVENIENT N O W IT'S YOUR TURN! FALL QUARTER STARTS SEPT. 23RD. CLASSES - EVENINGS, W EEKENDS, DAYS & ONLINE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ALL AGES DEGREE PLAN CUSTOMIZED TO YOUR GOALS UNDERGRADUATE CREDIT FOR YOUR PRIOR LEARNING SEMINAR-STYLE CLASSES W ITH PERSONALIZED ATTENTION Page A3 OCOIIRAGEOUS African-American history by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Many years after his professional basketball career ended, Kareem A b d u l-Ja b b a r, fo rm e rly Lew Alcindor Jr. is solidly rooted in other careers. As a motivational speaker, youth m entor and coach, and widely published author. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has accom plished much more in recent years than he ever did on the basketball court. While he was one of the most fa mous players of all times, w ith his signature “Sky-Hook” shot, Abdul- Jabbar knew he could not play ball all his life. Abdul-Jabbar has writ ten about young men who think they don’t have to finish school because they can become rich as a sports hero. He is the first to point out that after the game it is easy to fade into poverty and obscurity. Abdul-Jabbar speaks of his own fears of leaving the game, in the following excerpt from "Black Pro files in C o u rag e: A Legacy of Afri can-American Achievement." When I played my last profes sional basketball game on June 12, 1989,1 began m y passage fro m one kind o f life to another. A t forty- two, it was a scary transport. Even though / had a farew ell year to prepare m yself emotionally, I still fe lt strange when it ended. It was like saying good-bye to someone days kept black players from get ting to far ahead on the jo b and in the sports arena as well. In his book, which has a forw ard by Henry' Louis Gates Jr., and is co-authored by Alan Steinberg, Abdul-Jabbar ex plores the lives of several fa mous African Americans in » .» .« -C<MI HWrt I I..♦--■J t X v~, <M r, • history. Profiling an explorer, (Estevan), a writer and speaker (F re d e ric k D o u g la s s), a woman spy, nurse, and leader. /a n d Alan Steinberg (Harriet Tubman), and sev eral other early black Am eri can heroes gives the reader a broad base o f famous African A m ericans to enjoy. The book em phasizes the fact that "freedom fighting,” is not just physical fighting, as with Crispus Attucks in the Civil War. It is much more. As a black woman “conductor" on the U nderground Railroad with a forty thousand dollar price on her head. Harriet Tubman also did her share of mind would become his primary fighting at the pulpit. A bdul- talent later in life. His first big works Jabbar’s writing on inventor Lewis as an author, “ Black Profiles in Latimer show how an obscure quiet Courage,” was a natural for Abdul- man can fight wars with his brain, a Jabbar. He used his own courage to pencil, and a piece of chalk. Fittingly, the book ends with face the court when big white ball players like Larry Bird dominated Rosa Parks, a small timid black the sport. Discrimination in those woman on a bus who refuses to you loved; it fe lt like a death. Hut it was also a rebirth. Because fo r the first time since / hyj . v eight. I was fre e to explore m y other interests. Abdul-Jabbar had a plan. As a graduate of UCLA, he knew his m K a re e m A b d u l- J a b b a r B lack P rofiles in C ourage give up her seat to a white person. A b d u l-Jab b ar show s how this woman used a small non-violent act to bring the entirety of the most powerful nation in the world to its knees. He powerfully demonstrates how this tiny mustard seed brought on a legal battle w hich forced America to look equality in the face. A bdul-Jabbar dem onstrates how Rosa Parks took on a global power, shamed it in front o f the whole world, and won the right for all African Americans to equal space on public transportation. The Land of the Free and the Home o f the Brave had to stand up (while she sat d ow n) and examine the roots of discrimination in the hearts o f ev ery living individual across this vast nation. While he did later become a coach, Abdul-Jabbar had som e thing much different smoldering deep in his heart. He wanted to w rite. After being awarded a spot in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995, this tall black giant with an infectious smile would go on to publish several books, a direction that surprised many of his follow ers. After coaching an American Indian basketball team, he wrote, "A Season on the Reservation: My Sojourn With the White Mountain A paches.” Today this well polished intel lectual and writer in expensive suits is a long way from the sweaty locker room. While he may not hear the cheers of thousands in huge are nas around the country, he silently feels the joy of knowing that mil lions o f people around the world might be reading any one of his several books at this very moment. 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