Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- ISBN-10
- 0791018601
- ISBN-13
- 9780791018606
- Series
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Category
- African Americans
- Pages
- 111
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Chelsea House
- Author
- R. Thomas Cobourn
Description
Recounts the life and career of the Los Angeles Lakers star, and describes his encounters with racism and his conversion to Islam
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