Black Profiles in Courage
A Legacy of African-American Achievement
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On Sale:
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21/06/2000
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Formats:
Trade paperback
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In this ideal introduction to black history, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar examines the lives of heroic African Americans and offers their stories as inspiring examples for young people, who too rarely encounter positive black role models in history books or in the media. Profiled here are Peter Salem, the volunteer soldier who turned the tide at Bunker Hill; Joseph Cinque, leader of a daring revolt on the slave ship Amistad; Frederick Douglass, self-taught writer-orator and escaped slave who forced President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation years ahead of schedule; Harriet Tubman, who led at least three hundred slaves to freedom; Lewis Latimer, whose scientific work was integral to the achievements of Bell and Edison; and many more. Shining a bright light on the touchstones of character, these exemplary stories reemphasize the integral role of African Americans in weaving the fabric of our nation and form an empowering legacy from which Americans of all ages can draw inspiration, wisdom, and pride.
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Critical Praise for
Black Profiles in Courage
"Abdul-Jabbar has written a book about black heroes not found in the sports pages -- or given their due in textbooks."
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New York Times
"Abdul-Jabbar sets the record straight...with impassioned storytelling and prose as deft as one of [his] patented hooks from the paint."
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People
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