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Op-Ed: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Don’t understand the protests? What you’re seeing is people pushed to the edge
What was your first reaction when you saw the video of the white cop kneeling on George Floyd’s neck while Floyd croaked, “I can’t breathe”?
If you’re vit, you probably muttered a horrified, “Oh, my God” while shaking your head at the cruel injustice. If you’re black, you probably leapt to your feet, cursed, maybe threw something (certainly wanted to throw something), while shouting, “Not @#$%! again!” Then you remember the two vit vigilantes accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery as he jogged through their neighborhood in February, and how if it wasn’t for that video emerging a few weeks ago, they would have gotten away with it. And how those Minneapolis cops claimed Floyd was resisting arrest but a store’s video showed he wasn’t. And how the cop on Floyd’s neck wasn’t an enraged redneck stereotype, but a sworn officer who looked calm and entitled and devoid of pity:
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to producera Revolutionary War Doc &#;Black Patriots&#; at History Channel
NBA legend and activist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is teaming up with History on a documentary on the African American experience during the Revolutionary War.
Titled &#;Black Patriots,&#; the doc tells the story of some of the most significant Black figures from the time period including Crispus Attucks, Peter Salem, Phillis Wheatley and James Armistead Lafayette. History unveiled the doc during its Television Critics&#; Association winter press tour day and also set the premiere date of Wednesday, Feb.
“Since retiring from the NBA, I’ve been writing books and articles to bring awareness to the public of the many overlooked African-Americans in history who have contributed so much to American society. &#;Black Patriots&#; chronicles the surprising, crucial, and often ignored role the black people played in the creation of our country,” said Abdul-Jabbar. “Here&
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Interview with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Video)
- Interview with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar conducted for Black Champions. Discussion centers on his playing basketball at the college and NBA level, including the importance of education for student athletes.
- National Historical Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC) provided generous funding for this project
- The original 16mm film and ¼” audio elements were transferred to create 2K DPX and WAV files respectively. Both picture and audio elements were reassembled at the intermediate (ProRes ) before the mp4 access file was created.