reservation renaissance collections achievement

books:

Buffalo Soldiers: Photographs from the Collections of Anthony L. Powell and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: A Book of ...

1 review

Pomegranate Communications Inc,US, 2004

From the Publisher
"The Buffalo Soldiers performed with distinction during the post-Civil War opening of the West, and they did so despite routinely being selected for the most dangerous, arduous, and tedious assignments. They were often despised by the very people they protected, for the color of their uniforms (Union blue) and of their faces. Beyond showing enormous bravery in battle with many of the Indian ...

Brothers in Arms (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper))

21 reviews
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Anthony Walton

Random House Large Print, 2004

MUCH RESPECT
Much respect is due to Kareem Abdul-Jabaar for going after these stories and getting them in print for posterity. I admired you as a sports figure, but now I honor you as a man of principle. Much respect.

Black Profiles in Courage : A Legacy of African American Achievement

7 reviews
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Alan Steinberg

Avon, 1997

Excellence
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 ...

Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story Of The 761st Tank Battalion, World War 2's Forgotten Heroes
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Books on Tape, 2004

unabridged - 7 cassettes

On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance

8 reviews
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Simon & Schuster, 2007

on the shoulder of giants
I have only scanned the book, however I am historically familiar with a lot of the content which motivated me to buy the book as a collectors item. I also order the book for my grandson and a friend's son. Doug Murray

Giant Steps

3 reviews
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Peter Knobler

Bantam Books, 1987

Take a closer look at a private man
Giant Steps is an auto-biography of Kareem's first 30-35 years. A lot of people know Kareem as a sullen and bitter man and with good reason. But after reading his perceptions on his own life, you start to get an idea of what shaped Kareem and made him the man he was and how it shaped the man he is today. Raised in NYC, he was always a hoops phenom, always the tallest kid around, and after a ...

A Season on the Reservation: My Soujourn With the White Mountain Apaches

13 reviews
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Stephen Singular

William Morrow & Co, 2000

Excellent, thoughtful book
Kareem tries to impart the difficulties of introducing a western cultural ideal to a group of young men that are trying to keep their own cultural ideals intact while at the same time competing within the majority culture. This book reflects Kareem's own difficulties in aculturation, and his conflicts in trying to impart his basketball culture on another group. This is a thoughtful though ...

Kareem

3 reviews
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Warner Books, 1990

Kareem's diary of his final season in the N.B.A.
"Kareem" is based on a personal diary written by the legendary center during his final season with the Los Angeles Lakers during the 1988-89 campaign. As the quote from Jackie Robinson in the front of the book reminds us, "Athletes die twice." The Lakers were the two-time defending N.B.A. champions and going for a three-peat. However, in the finals against the Detroit Pistons the Lakers lost ...

On the Shoulders of Giants, Volume 3: An Audio Journey Through the Early History of Basketball

1 review
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Union Productions, 2008

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores again.
This master piece is a must have. The whole set is a beautiful journey through the Harlem Renaissance, where jazz was king.