ABDUL-JABBAR, KAREEM

kərēmˈ ăbˈdool jəbärˈ, 1947–, American basketball player, b. New York City as Ferdinand Lewis (Lew) Alcindor. At 7 ft 2 in. (218 cm), he led the Univ. of California, Los Angeles, to three national titles (1967–69). He was the National Basketball Association's number one draft pick in 1969, joining the Milwaukee Bucks as center. In 1970 he was rookie of the year, and in the 1970–71 season he led the Bucks to the championship. In 1975 he left Milwaukee to join the Los Angeles Lakers, with whom he played until his retirement in 1989. Abdul-Jabbar won the NBA's most-valuable-player honor six times and set the NBA all-time records in games played (1,560; since broken), points made (38,387), and field goals made (15,837). He was an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Clippers in 2000 and head coach of a minor-league basketball team in 2002. He has written, with Stephen Singular, A Season on the Reservation (2000), about his experience coaching Apache high-school basketball players.

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books on: Abdul Jabbar Kareem  - 92 results

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Books and Reading in the Lives of Notable Americans: A Biographical Sourcebook
Book by John A. McCrossan; Greenwood Press, 2000
...Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1...States. As a college student, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar read The Autobiography of...LIVES OF NOTABLE AMERICANS KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR 1947- Kareem Abdul...
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Islam in America
Book by Jane I. Smith; Columbia University Press, 1999
Subjects: Islam--United States
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Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United States
Book by George B. Kirsch, Othello Harris, Claire E. Nolte; Greenwood Press, 2000
Subjects: Minorities In Sports--United States--History, Sports--Sociological Aspects--United States--History
...BERENSON. See BERENSON, SENDA ABDUL-JABBAR, KAREEM 16 April 1947, New York...religion and changing his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. During his twenty seasons...SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, with Peter Knobler, Giant...
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African American Quotations
Book by Richard Newman; Oryx Press, 1998
Subjects: African Americans--Quotations, Fiction
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Colored White: Transcending the Racial Past
Book by David R. Roediger; University of California Press, 2002
Subjects: Civil Rights Movements--United States, Minorities--United States--Political Activity, Minorities--United States--Social Conditions, Racism--United States, United States--Race Relations, United States--Social Conditions, White Supremacy Movements--United States, Whites--United States--Race Identity
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journal articles on: Abdul Jabbar Kareem  - 13 results

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The NBA as an Evolving Multivariate System
Journal article by Sangit Chatterjee, Mustafa R. Yilmaz; The American Statistician, Vol. 53, 1999
Subjects: Athletic ability--Research, Biologists--Research, Evolution--Research, Gould, Stephen Jay--Research, Multivariate analysis--Usage, National Basketball Association--Research
...For example, in 1973-1974, Kareem Abdul Jabbar was the MVP with D.sup.2...Y 1971 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 14.69 Y Y 1972 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 17.95 Y...
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What the Right of Publicity Can Learn from Trademark Law
Journal article by Stacey L. Dogan, Mark A. Lemley; Stanford Law Review, Vol. 58, 2006
Subjects: Celebrities--Laws, regulations and rules, Lanham Act, Privacy, Right of--Laws, regulations and rules, Property rights--Laws, regulations and rules, Publicity (Law)--Laws, regulations and rules, Right of privacy--Laws, regulations and rules, Right of property--Laws, regulations and rules, Right of publicity--Laws, regulations and rules, Trademark infringement--Laws, regulations and rules
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In the Tradition: Amiri Baraka, Black Liberation, and Avant-Garde Praxis in the U.S
Journal article by Daniel Won-Gu Kim; African American Review, Vol. 37, 2003
Subjects: Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--Political aspects, Baraka, Amiri--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Baraka, Amiri--Political aspects, Dadaism--Influence, Dadaism--Political aspects, Literature, Experimental--Political aspects
...the NCAAs 1967 banning of the dunk until 1976 (239-41). The no-dunk rule was popularly dubbed the "Lew Alcindor Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Rule." Caponi provides an excellent history of the development and racist repression of the black aesthetic in...
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James W. Pipkin. Sporting Lives: Metaphor and Myth in American Sports Autobiographies
Journal article by Peter Carino; Biography, Vol. 31, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Sporting Lives: Metaphor and Myth in American Sports Autobiographies (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...such as those of George Mikan, Wilt Chamberlain, and Kareem Abdul Jabbar. These three men, Pipkin shows, struggle to forge a...ridiculed, a dilemma compounded by race for Chamberlain, Jabbar, and other black basketball stars. Aside from negotiating...
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The Impact of Al-Islam on the African American Population
Journal article by Hakeem Lumumba; Counseling and Values, Vol. 47, 2003
Subjects: African Americans--Religious aspects, Counseling--Research, Farrakhan, Louis, Islam, Islam and politics--Social aspects, Islam--Social aspects, Nation of Islam--Management
...basketball player Lew Alcindor, who changed his name to Kareem Abdul Jabbar. The changing of their names signals African American...the name changes are attributes of Allah. For example, Jabbar means "The All Compelling," Ali means "The Most High...
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magazine articles on: Abdul Jabbar Kareem  - 43 results

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Kareem's Last Hurrah; the NBA's Most Prolific Player Decides to Call It Quits after 20 Exciting Years
Magazine article by Douglas C. Lyons; Ebony, Vol. 44, May 1989
Subjects: Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem--Selection, appointment, resignation, etc., African American baseball players--Selection, appointment, resignation, etc., Los Angeles Lakers--Personalities
...remarkable player who is retiring from the game: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. At 42, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is indeed the center of attention. He has...will some day brag how they played against Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and its kind of sad," says Wes Unseld, who...
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The Vernon Johns Story
Magazine article by A. Peter Bailey; American Visions, Vol. 8, December 1993
Subjects: Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem--Production and direction, Johns, Vernon--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Jones, James Earl--Performances, The Vernon Johns Story (Television program)--Production and direction
...and former basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as executive producer), a generation...other such places." Producer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar sees clearly the links among...brings James Earl Jones and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar together; it also incorporates...
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20 People to Watch in '89
Magazine article; Ebony, Vol. 44, January 1989
Subjects: Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem--Conduct of life, African American actresses--Conduct of life, African American basketball players--Conduct of life, African American filmmakers--Conduct of life, African American women athletes--Conduct of life, Griffith, Florence Joyner--Conduct of life, Lee, Spike--Conduct of life, Winfrey, Oprah--Conduct of life
...addition, Prince will decide if hell put together a new LP from the hundreds of songs he has already recorded. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the legendary 72" center for the Los Angeles Lakers, is expected to retire and end his 20-year basketball career...
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Growing Up with a Famous Father
Magazine article; Ebony, Vol. 51, June 1996
Subjects: African Americans--Family, Celebrities--Family, Fathers--Personal narratives
...Jesse Jackson, Malcolm X, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the Rev. Martin Luther King...the time he was 8 years old. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Jr. played on the sidelines...relate to them as individuals. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Jr., a student at Valparaiso...
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Proud, Free and Black: Petersburg
Magazine article by Henry Chase; American Visions, Vol. 9, June 1994
Subjects: African Americans--History, Petersburg, Virginia--Historic sites
Proud, free and black: Petersburg by Henry Chase When former basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar made a 1993 movie about Virginias civil rights activist Vernon Johns, james Earl Jones played the lead--and Petersburg was the...
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newspaper articles on: Abdul Jabbar Kareem  - 260 results

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Williams Interviews for Wizards Job; Abdul-Jabbar Talks about His Interest
Newspaper article by John N. Mitchell; The Washington Times, April 30, 1999
Subjects: Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, Williams, Buck
...Strickland. Hall of Fame center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is also one of four candidates...Cowens have also met with Unseld. Abdul-Jabbar, 51, spoke for the first time...until the seasons over," said Abdul-Jabbar, who coaches high school basketball...
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Abdul-Jabbar Ready to Teach Clippers
Newspaper article by Mike Mcgraw; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 20, 2000
Subjects: Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem
...NBAs all- time leading scorer, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is back in the business of trying...past four or five years," said Abdul-Jabbar, whose only prior coaching experience...hours (Friday)." It will be Abdul-Jabbars task to help raw center Michael...
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Break Up the Wizards? Kareem Sure Could
Newspaper article by Tom Knott; The Washington Times, May 2, 1999
Subjects: Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem
...could by Tom Knott Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played Hakim in "Game of Death," Bruce Lees last flick. Now Abdul-Jabbar wants to be the next coach of...with their shorts on backward. Abdul-Jabbar has three weapons: the sky hook...
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Abdul-Jabbar Goes Public with Cancer Fight
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 11, 2009
Subjects: Cable News Network, Cable television broadcasting industry, Cancer
...2009 (AFP) - US basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has gone public with his fight...improved health care for the poor.Abdul-Jabbar, a six-time most valuable player...that you love to do," he said.Abdul-Jabbar, who has become a spokesman for...
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Abdul-Jabbar Has Rare Form of Leukemia
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 11, 2009
Subjects: News agencies, Novartis AG, Pharmaceutical industry, The Associated Press
...Byline: Associated Press Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form...Press on Monday. The 62-year-old Abdul-Jabbar said his doctor didnAEt give any...drastic changes to your lifestyle." Abdul-Jabbar is taking an oral medication for...
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encyclopedia articles on: Abdul Jabbar Kareem  - 3 results

 
 
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Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ABDUL-JABBAR, KAREEM k rem ab dool j bar , 1947 , American basketball player, b. New...Los Angeles Lakers, with whom he played until his retirement in 1989. Abdul-Jabbar won the NBAs most-valuable-player honor six times and set the NBA all-time...
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Jabbar, Kareem Abdul-
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JABBAR, KAREEM ABDUL- see Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Alcindor, Lew
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ALCINDOR, LEW see Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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