Black Profiles in Courage
Black Profiles in Courage : A Legacy of African American Achievement Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Alan Steinberg, Jr. Henry Louis Gates (Foreword)
Publisher: Avon
ISBN: 038073060X
DDC: 973.0496073
Edition: Mass Market Paperback; 1997-11-01
Summary:
With all the flair of his last-second game-winning sky hooks, Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar delivers a well-written and important collection
highlighting the lives of America's greatest black heroes. Taking his
title cue from John Kennedy's Profiles in Courage, Abdul-Jabbar
brings to life the exploits of a wide variety of African Americans,
including Estevanico, a Moorish slave who discovered Arizona and New
Mexico; Cinque, a kidnapped African slave who led a mutiny aboard the
slave ship Amistad and later won his freedom in the U.S.; and Harriet
Tubman, who brought hundreds of slaves to freedom on the Underground
Railroad. In a time when the media beams negative images of African
Americans around the world, Black Profiles in Courage is
indispensable for young adults of other races as well as
African-American youth, showing that attributes like courage are not
coded by color. For those young blacks who feel distant from America
because of racism, books like this are a small but potent antidote
against prejudice, reminding them of the important contributions
African Americans have made to their country. --Eugene Holley, Jr.
Physical Description: 304 pages
Edition Info: Mass Market Paperback; 1997-11-01
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