Black Profiles in Courage

Author - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Library Binding Book item from Bt Bound was reviewed on 3-Nov-2008.

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1) Library Binding Book Black Profiles in Courage by Bt Bound. I thought I was pretty well informed on the subject of black history but that was an eye-opening book. Kareem did a great job with this book. I am proud to see a great athlete show his skills as a great scholar. Thanks for sharing these powerful profiles. I stand taller with this new knowledge of my heritage.¤

2) Library Binding Book Black Profiles in Courage by Bt Bound. I bought this book in hardcover when it first came out and since then have bought several copies to give to other people, both black and white, both young and old. Without fail, this book has impacted people, and every one of them has told me how much they learned from this wonderful book.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did a masterful job in gathering these inspiring stories from what has been, unfortunately, the footnotes of history, if they were acknowledged at all. The achievements by black Americans and their contributions to this country have been largely ignored by historians until recently. And even today, many black Americans who were not taught as young people about their heritage remain oblivious to what should be a matter of great pride.

We have taken great steps to equalize human rights, but we still have a way to go to completely obliterate the racial prejudice many of us grew up with. Books like this by people with the stature of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will help get us to where we should be--respecting people of all races, colors and creeds.¤

3) Library Binding Book Black Profiles in Courage by Bt Bound. I found this book to be very informative and very well writen! I particularly enjoyed learning true historical facts that have long been misrepresented, or clouded with partial information. I highly recommend this book to any reader who enjoys history and is interested in learning truth.¤

4) Library Binding Book Black Profiles in Courage by Bt Bound. What´s more remarkable than the informative nature of this text is how it came to be...
An African American sport icon who gained success through one of the primary avenues African Americans have to reach affluence (sports and entertainment) just to use it as an avenue to actually uplift the intellectual level of his community. Well done!
I can´t tell you how many tears it brings to my eyes to see a brother who achieve greatness through the stereotypical avenue of sports and actually use his greatness to do the truly great...uplift his people. Though there have been lists and books previous to his on the same subject, it has rarely been done by a person with such influence among youth, and for that I credit him unlike other past atheletes who simply use their stardom to sell grills, orange juice, or try and become rappers.

Peace to the God¤

5) Library Binding Book Black Profiles in Courage by Bt Bound. I don´t know about the book, but the author brings an entire new meaning to the term, "head up".

Call me Ishmal......¤

6) Library Binding Book Black Profiles in Courage by Bt Bound. The basketball star and black history scholar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar brings readers an ideal introduction to black history that focuses on the inspiring true stories of extraordinary men and women who typified the virtues of integrity, discipline, and self-respect. They include Peter Salem, volunteer soldier who turned the tide at Bunker Hill; Joseph Cinque, leader of a daring revolt on the slave ship Amistad; Frederick Douglass, one of the most notable black leaders of the 19th century; and Harriet Tubman, who led at least 300 slaves to freedom.¤

7) Library Binding Book Black Profiles in Courage by Bt Bound. 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.¤

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