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It's Bullseye. I'm Jesse Thorne.

First up this week, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

He is, of course, one of the greatest basketball players of all time,

a Hall of Famer six-time MVP,

19-time All-Star, the master of the Skyhook.

Sons it to Corrie.

Skyhook up and good. Lakers win.

A key part of the Showtime-era Lakers, and an NBA veteran who, believe it or not, made one three-pointer in his entire career.

Shoot a three-pointed. Threeareem. It's three even go!

There's the first one of his life. Did they count a three?

I didn't see the official. I didn't either.

Since retiring from basketball, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has shown he has talent and skill far outside the paint. He's written books, columns. He even worked as a writer

for Veronica Mars. He's acted on screen opposite Bruce Lee and Leslie Nielsen. In short, he is a very

interesting man. When I talked with Kareem last year, he just narrated a documentary,

Fight the Power, The movements that changed America.

Here's a bit of it.

In this clip, Abdul-Jabbar talks about his memory

of the lynching of Emmett Till.

I'd seen so many examples of violence against, you know, black people.

It was not a shock.

I was eight years old when Emmett Till got murdered.

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