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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
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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
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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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Last week. R ohteropeneda fifth
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called Seven Corners, located at
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Designed and constructed us­
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the 11 and 12 with opportunities for
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