| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxiv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Gender group: gdr Men |
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Nationality/regional group: nat Americans |
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Ethnic/cultural group: eth African Americans |
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Occupational/field of activity group: occ Basketball players |
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Alan Steinberg Occupational/field of activity group: occ Author |
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Henry Louis Gates Occupational/field of activity group: occ University and college faculty members |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-224) and index. |
| Contents |
Estevanico : black presence in the Americas -- The first Rhode Island ; Peter Salem ; Salem Poor ; James Armistead Lafayette ; Crispus Attucks -- Joseph Cinque : black revolt -- Frederick Douglass : freedom on the world stage -- Harriet Tubman : freedom in the shadows -- Bass Reeves : black individualism in the West -- Blacks in the military -- Lewis H. Latimer : black intellectual achievement -- Rosa Parks : black heart. |
| Summary |
In Black Profiles in Courage, [Kareem Abdul-Jabbar] focuses on extraordinarily courageous black men and women who typified the virtues of integrity, discipline, and self-respect. Taken together, their lives form a legacy from which African Americans of all ages can draw inspiration, wisdom, and pride. Some of these courageous heroes include Peter Salem - the slave, blacksmith, and volunteer soldier who turned the tide at Bunker Hill; Joseph Cinque - the leader of a. |
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Daring revolt on the slave ship Amistad; Frederick Douglass - a self-taught writer and orator who escaped slavery and became one of the most famous black leaders of the nineteenth century; Harriet Tubman - the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad, who was also a spy and scout for the Union Army; Lewis Latimera son of slaves, whose scientific work was integral to the achievements of Alexander Graham Bell, Hiram S. Maxim, and Thomas Edison. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Biography.
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African Americans -- Biography. |
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African Americans -- History.
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African Americans. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Steinberg, Alan, 1945- author.
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Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., writer of foreword.
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| ISBN |
0688130976 (acid-free paper) |
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9780688130978 (acid-free paper) |
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