Photographs and text present a biography of the National Basketball Association's all-time leading defensive rebounder and scorer, who was born Lew Alcindor.
Legendary basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar traces his childhood in Harlem, his professional career, and the influence of the Harlem Renaissance on his life and the African-American culture.
Legendary center Kareem takes us inside the world of professional basketball and the climax of one of the greatest careers in sports history, taken from his personal diary.