Signed 1996 first edition of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Black Profiles in Courage, honoring African-American heroes.

First edition (1996) hardcover of Black Profiles in Courage: A Legacy of African-American Achievement by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Alan Steinberg, with a foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Boldly signed by Abdul-Jabbar on the title page, includes original numbered signing slip.

This landmark work presents biographical essays celebrating African-American leaders and thinkers—Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, and others—who demonstrated exceptional integrity and courage. A powerful tribute from one of America’s most respected athlete-scholars.