History
Stars at the Muhammad Ali summit:Where are they now?
By Plain Dealer staff / from blog.cleveland.com On June 4, 1967 at 105-15 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, a collection of some of the top black athletes in the country met with -- and eventually held a...
What Color Is My World?The Lost History of African-American Inventors
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld, illus. by Ben Boos and A.G. Ford. Candlewick, $17.99 (44p) ISBN 978-0-7636-4564-9 Reviewed by Publishers Weekly Making use of an unusual format, former NBA star Abdul-Jabbar and his On the...
What Color Is My World? – Kareem’s First Children’s Book
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Remembering the Life of Coach Wooden
by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar How does one assess John Wooden? How does one assess a giant? Coach was gifted in so many ways that it is difficult to pin him down in a few words. I’m...
When Andy Warhol Met Kareem
How one of the best basketball portraits of all time was created. by Nima Zarrabi I’m sitting on a plush couch in the living room of the Beverly Hills home of Richard Weisman, staring at...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — the author — helps retell black troops’ role
By Kim Ring TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF WORCESTER — When retired basketball superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar bumped into his father's good friend Leonard “Smitty” Smith in 1993 at a movie premiere about the 761st Tank Battalion,...
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