Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Talks About the Black Heroes of the American Revolution

Basketball legend, best-selling author and history buff Kareem Abdul-Jabbar teamed up with the History Channel to create Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution, a one-hour documentary that shares the African-American experience during the Revolutionary War

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