Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 'Buffalo Soldiers' Collection Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is best known as a basketball legend -- but the 56-year-old New York City native is also a historian and collector. Items from Abdul-Jabbar's collection are being featured in an exhibit on display at the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem called Buffalo Soldiers: The African American Soldier in the U.S. Army.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 'Buffalo Soldiers' Collection

November 25, 200312:00 AM ET

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 'Buffalo Soldiers' Collection

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is best known as a basketball legend — but the 56-year-old New York City native is also a historian and collector. Items from Abdul-Jabbar's collection are being featured in an exhibit on display at the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem called Buffalo Soldiers: The African American Soldier in the U.S. Army.