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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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In 1996, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote a book that summarized black history, which led him to learn about many black inventors from the 1800s. This experience increased his understanding of their contributions during that century.

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