Book
Black profiles in courage : a legacy of African American achievement / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with Alan Steinberg ; foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Record details
- ISBN: 0688130976 (acid-free paper)
- ISBN: 9780688130978 (acid-free paper)
- Physical Description: xxiv, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : William Morrow and Co., c1996.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-224) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Estevanico : black presence in the Americas -- The first Rhode Island ; Peter Salem ; Salem Poor ; James Armistead Lafayette ; Crispus Attucks -- Joseph Cinque : black revolt -- Frederick Douglass : freedom on the world stage -- Harriet Tubman : freedom in the shadows -- Bass Reeves : black individualism in the West -- Blacks in the military -- Lewis H. Latimer : black intellectual achievement -- Rosa Parks : black heart.
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