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At one time Lew Alcindor was just another kid from New York City with all the usual problems: He struggled with fitting in, with pleasing a strict father, and with overcoming shyness that made him feel socially awkward. But with a talent for basketball and an unmatched team of supporters, Lew Alcindor was able to transform and to become Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Harlem, capitale virtuale di una altrettanto virtuale nazione: l’America nera. Sulle strade illuminate dai club per bianchi, agitate dalle rivolte e scaldate dalle parole di Martin Luther King e Malcolm X, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar fa le prime esperienze e incontra le tracce del suo passato. A conquistarlo è l’onda lunga dell’Harlem Renaissance, il periodo che dagli anni Venti fino ai Quaranta del Novecento ha impegnato artisti, scrittori, intellettuali che volevano dare dignità ai neri e costruire l’immagine dell’afroamericano moderno.

For many, it can feel like change takes too long, and it might seem that we have not moved very far. But political activist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar believes that public protest is a vital part of affecting change, even if that change doesn’t come “right now.” In We All Want to Change the World, he examines the activism of people of all ages, ethnicities, and socio-economic backgrounds that helped change America, documenting events from the Free Speech Movement through the movement for civil rights, the fight for women’s and LGBTQ rights, and, of course, the protests against the Vietnam War.