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Kareem pays tribute to the giants of basketball past: The Harlem Rens
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Dan Carino
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Feb 19, 2011
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Kareem pays tribute to the giants of basketball past: The Harlem Rens
Everybody knows baseball was segregated. But did know know basketball was? Nevertheless, in 1939, the Harlem Rens proved themselves the best basketball team in the world by beating all the black and white teams. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talked with Off-Ramp host John Rabe about his new documentary about the Rens, "On the Shoulders of Giants," which is available on Video on Demand through March. (THIS IS THE LONG VERSION OF THEIR Q+A.)

Everybody knows baseball was segregated. But did know know basketball was? Nevertheless, in 1939, the Harlem Rens proved themselves the best basketball team in the world by beating all the black and white teams. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talked with Off-Ramp host John Rabe about his new documentary about the Rens, "On the Shoulders of Giants," which is available on Video on Demand through March. (THIS IS THE LONG VERSION OF THEIR Q+A.)

Everybody knows baseball was segregated. But did know know basketball was? Nevertheless, in 1939, the Harlem Rens proved themselves the best basketball team in the world by beating all the black and white teams. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talked with Off-Ramp host John Rabe about his new documentary about the Rens, "On the Shoulders of Giants," which is available on Video on Demand through March.

(THIS IS THE LONG VERSION OF THEIR Q+A.)