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NBA Creates Annual Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion Award
May 14, 2021
NEW YORK, May 14 (TNSAwa) -- The National Basketball Association issued the following news release on May 13, 2021:

The NBA today announced the creation of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award, a new annual honor that will recognize a current NBA player for pursuing social justice and upholding the league's decades-long values of equality, respect and inclusion.

The award is named after six-time NBA champion and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of . . .

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