SIGNED BY KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR

ABDUL-JABBER, Kareem and STEINBERG, Alan. Black Profiles in Courage. A Legacy of African American Achievement. New York: William Morrow, (1996). Octavo, original black paper boards, original dust jacket. $300.

First edition of this collection of profiles of influential Black Americans, signed on the half title by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

"To provide role models for African Americans, particularly young people, retired basketball star Abdul-Jabbar (Giant Steps) and Steinberg (Behind the Mask) have crafted here interesting and nuanced accounts of heroic African Americans whose accomplishments changed U.S. history. Among them are the lives of the 16th-century Moroccan explorer Estevanico, Revolutionary War patriot Crispus Attucks, slave liberator Harriet Tubman, anti-slavery author Frederick Douglass, Western frontier marshal Bass Reeves and a riveting description of West African rice farmer Joseph Cinque, who led a rebellion on the slave ship Amistad in 1839" (Publishers Weekly).

Fine condition.