Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and was, until 2023, the NBA's all-time leading scorer with 38,387 points. Since retiring, Abdul-Jabbar has been an actor, basketball coach, and a New York Times best-selling author. His books for adults include Giant Steps, Kareem, Black Profiles in Courage, A Season on the Reservation, Brothers in Arms, and On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renissance, and the children's books Streetball Crew: Sasquatch in the Paint and What Color is My World?, which won the NAACP award for Best Children's Book. In 2012 he was selected as a U.S. Cultural Ambassador, and in 2016 he was named a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Primary Contributions (1)
New York Rens, American professional basketball team that was among the most accomplished and storied teams in the history of the game. The Rens, an African American-owned all-Black team based in the Harlem section of New York City during the era of segregated basketball teams, won the first world…
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Publications (6)
Sasquatch in the Paint (Streetball Crew, 1)
Sasquatch in the Paint (Streetball Crew, 1) (January 2015)
By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Theo Rollins is starting eighth grade six inches taller, and his new height is making everyone expect more from him. Coach Mandrake wants to transform him from invisible science geek into star basketball player, even though Theo has little experience with the game. When Theo tries to hone his skills by playing pick-up ball in the park, kids are eager to include him at first; then they quickly see that he has no control of his gangly body. A girl named Rain even dubs him "Sasquatch." To make matters...
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Mycroft Holmes
Mycroft Holmes (2015)
By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Anna Waterhouse
A new novel written by NBA All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar!Fresh out of Cambridge University, the young Mycroft Holmes is already making a name for himself in government, working for the Secretary of State for War. Yet this most British of civil servants has strong ties to the faraway island of Trinidad, the birthplace of his best friend, Cyrus Douglas, a man of African descent, and where his fiancée Georgiana Sutton was raised.Mycroft’s comfortable existence is overturned when...
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What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors
What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors (December 2013)
By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld
“Get ready to have your mind blown with this fun book.” — The Washington PostKareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, champions a lineup of little-known African-American inventors in this lively, kid-friendly book. Offering profiles with fast facts and framed by a funny contemporary story featuring two feisty twins, here is a tribute to black inventors whose ingenuity and perseverance against great odds made our world safer, better, and brighter.Back...
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On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance
On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance (January 2007)
By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

A revealing personal account by the legendary basketball star traces his childhood in Harlem, his professional career, and the pivotal influence of the Harlem Renaissance on black culture in the United States, in a volume that features interview excerpts from Magic Johnson, Quincy Jones, Spike Lee, Sidney Poitier, James Earl Jones, Denzel Washington, and others. 100,000 first printing.

Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes
Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes (May 2005)
By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Anthony Walton

A powerful wartime saga in the bestselling tradition of Flags of Our Fathers, Brothers in Arms recounts the extraordinary story of the 761st Tank Battalion, the first all-black armored unit to see combat in World War II.

Black Profiles in Courage: A Legacy of African-American Achievement
Black Profiles in Courage: A Legacy of African-American Achievement (October 1996)
By Kareem Abdul-jabbar, Alan Steinberg

Recounts inspirational stories of influential African Americans, such as Crispus Attucks, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Dr. Charles Drew, Duke Ellington, Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, and others. 150,000 first printing. Tour.