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One man cannot make a team.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 16
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New York City
New York
Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor
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Lew Alcindor
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This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.
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There's a ball. There's a hoop. You put the ball through the hoop. That's success.
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In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
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Justice should be blind especially color-blind and able to fairly deal with the very real need for honest law enforcement.
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