--- title: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | TIME description: Abdul-Jabbar is a six-time NBA champion and league Most Valuable Player. He is the author of the new book, Writings on the Wall. canonical: https://time.com/author/kareem-abdul-jabbar/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/kareem-abdul-jabbar/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Kareem Abdul-Jabbar  ## Kareem Abdul-Jabbar _Abdul-Jabbar is a six-time NBA champion and league Most Valuable Player. He is the author of the new book,_ [Writings on the Wall](https://www.amazon.com/Writings-Wall-Searching-Equality-Beyond/dp/1618931717/ref=tmm%5Fhrd%5Fswatch%5F0?%5Fencoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=)_._  ## Kareem Abdul-Jabbar *  Sep 12, 2016 ### [Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Political Incorrectness Is Just a Strategy](https://time.com/4475614/kareem-abdul-jabbar-political-incorrectness/) When Donald Trump and others lambast correctness, they're just distracting from real issues [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 2, 2016 ### [The Khans Should Be America’s Wake-Up Call](https://time.com/4435544/kareem-abdul-jabbar-khizr-khan/) The Khan family reinvigorated me for the fight ahead to defeat Donald Trump [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 14, 2016 ### [Athletes Aren't Dumb Jocks—We're the Face of Change](https://time.com/4406286/athlete-advocacy/) As LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade and Chris Paul proved in their ESPYs speech last night... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 13, 2016 ### [There Is Terror on Both Sides of the Badge](https://time.com/4404767/kareem-abdul-jabbar-police-shootings/) Both the black and police communities live in fear—because they cannot see each other's humanity [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 1, 2016 ### [What ‘Game of Thrones’ Says About Our Election Nightmares](https://time.com/4391547/kareem-abdul-jabbar-game-of-thrones-election/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 15, 2016 ### [Donald Trump and ISIS Both Depend on Irrationality](https://time.com/4369196/kareem-abdul-jabbar-trump-isis-irrational/) Rational thought is under attack, with terrorists on one side and self-serving American politicians ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 6, 2016 ### [Muhammad Ali Became a Big Brother to Me](https://time.com/4358041/muhammad-ali-kareem-abdul-jabbar/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 14, 2016 ### [The Paradox of Being a Black Role Model](https://time.com/4254510/kareem-abdul-jabbar-president-obama-race/) Wildly successful role models reflect the tyranny of low expectations [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 7, 2016 ### [The New Year's Resolutions America Needs to Make](https://time.com/4169429/kareem-abdul-jabbar-new-years-resolutions/) From voting to gun control to hoverboards, our country can do better [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 23, 2015 ### [My Very Muslim Christmas](https://time.com/4159344/kareem-abdul-jabbar-my-very-muslim-christmas/) 'The campaign against Muslim Americans spits in the face of everything Christmas stands for' [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 17, 2015 ### [Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Black Americans Are Overlooked Victims of Gun Violence](https://time.com/4153876/kareem-abdul-jabbar-black-americans-gun-violence/) What happens in the ghetto stays in the ghetto [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 9, 2015 ### [Donald Trump: ISIS's Candidate](https://time.com/4143003/kareem-abdul-jabbar-donald-trump-isis/) The 2016 candidate has more in common with the terrorist group than he does with America [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 3, 2015 ### [Dear Retirement (a.k.a. Dear Kobe)](https://time.com/4133199/kareem-abdul-jabbar-kobe-bryant/) "Retirement, embrace him like you did me" [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 2, 2015 ### [Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Police Brutality? Put Women on Patrol](https://time.com/4130342/kareem-abdul-jabbar-female-police/) Our growing fear of and frustration with police might be lessened if the ranks of female officers we... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 19, 2015 ### [Why Athletes Use Their Platform to Effect Change Off the Field](https://time.com/4119949/why-athletes-use-their-platform-to-effect-change-off-the-field/) [SPORTS](/section/sports/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/kareem-abdul-jabbar/","name":"Kareem Abdul-Jabbar"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/kareem-abdul-jabbar/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/kareem-abdul-jabbar/"},"name":"Kareem Abdul-Jabbar","jobTitle":null,"description":"Abdul-Jabbar is a six-time NBA champion and league Most Valuable Player. 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