Black profiles in courage : a legacy of African American achievement / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with Alan Steinberg ; foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr

By: Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-Contributor(s): Steinberg, Alan, 1945-Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : William Morrow and Co., c1996Edition: 1st edDescription: xxiv, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0688130976 (acidfree paper); 9780688130978 (acidfree paper)Subject(s): African Americans -- Biography | African Americans -- HistoryLOC classification: E185.96 | .A18 1996
Contents:
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
Summary: "In Black Profiles in Courage, [Kareem Abdul-Jabbar] focuses on extraordinarily courageous black men and women who typified the virtues of integrity, discipline, and self-respect. Taken together, their lives form a legacy from which African Americans of all ages can draw inspiration, wisdom, and pride." "Some of these courageous heroes include Peter Salem - the slave, blacksmith, and volunteer soldier who turned the tide at Bunker Hill; Joseph Cinque - the leader of a daring revolt on the slave ship Amistad; Frederick Douglass - a self-taught writer and orator who escaped slavery and became one of the most famous black leaders of the nineteenth century; Harriet Tubman - the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad, who was also a spy and scout for the Union Army; Lewis Latimera son of slaves, whose scientific work was integral to the achievements of Alexander Graham Bell, Hiram S. Maxim, and Thomas Edison." --Book Jacket
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-224) and index

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

"In Black Profiles in Courage, [Kareem Abdul-Jabbar] focuses on extraordinarily courageous black men and women who typified the virtues of integrity, discipline, and self-respect. Taken together, their lives form a legacy from which African Americans of all ages can draw inspiration, wisdom, and pride." "Some of these courageous heroes include Peter Salem - the slave, blacksmith, and volunteer soldier who turned the tide at Bunker Hill; Joseph Cinque - the leader of a daring revolt on the slave ship Amistad; Frederick Douglass - a self-taught writer and orator who escaped slavery and became one of the most famous black leaders of the nineteenth century; Harriet Tubman - the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad, who was also a spy and scout for the Union Army; Lewis Latimera son of slaves, whose scientific work was integral to the achievements of Alexander Graham Bell, Hiram S. Maxim, and Thomas Edison." --Book Jacket

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