University of the PACIFIC

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the National Basketball Association's (NBA) all-time leading scorer, best-selling author and historian, spoke February 26, 2013 at University of the Pacific as part of the Black History Month Celebration.
 
He discussed lessons he learned as a professional athlete, his accomplishments since he retired from playing basketball and his love of history which inspired his latest book, "What Color is My World? The Lost History of African-American inventors."