On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem RenaissanceSimon and Schuster, 2007 M02 5 - 288 páginas New York Times bestselling author and living legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shares how the power of the Harlem Renaissance led him to become the man he is today—basketball superstar, jazz enthusiast, historian, and Black American icon. In On the Shoulders of Giants, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar invites us on an extraordinarily personal journey back to his birthplace of Harlem through one of the greatest political, cultural, literary, and artistic movements in history. He reveals the tremendous impact the Harlem Renaissance had on both American culture and his own life. Travel deep into the soul of the Renaissance—the night clubs, restaurants, basketball games, and fabulous parties that have made footprints in Harlem’s history. Meet the athletes, jazz musicians, comedians, actors, politicians, entrepreneurs, and writers who not only inspired Kareem’s rise to greatness but an entire nation. |
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... cities of North America. The oppressive and often brutal atmosphere of the southern United States and the Caribbean basin motivated these brave Americans to find a place in the world where they could thrive. The promise of America's ...
... cities of North America. The oppressive and often brutal atmosphere of the southern United States and the Caribbean basin motivated these brave Americans to find a place in the world where they could thrive. The promise of America's ...
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... Harlem section of New York City, some of this country's greatest artists, musicians, writers, actors, and athletes were engaged 2 K A R E E M A B D U L - J A B B A R Abdul-Jabbar_OnShoulders_i-xii-262_4P.jlp 12/5/06 3:13 PM Page 2.
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... city of the African-American community since the start of the Harlem Renaissance back in the 1920s. More important to me than anything else I do, or have ever done (yes, including basketball), is my active participation in improving the ...
... city of the African-American community since the start of the Harlem Renaissance back in the 1920s. More important to me than anything else I do, or have ever done (yes, including basketball), is my active participation in improving the ...
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... city in the greatest metropolis of the white man! Harlem—the capital of miscegenation! Harlem—the gay musical, the Parisian home of vice! author EDWARD DOHERTY □ I'd rather be a lamppost in Harlem than governor of Georgia. FOLK SAYING ...
... city in the greatest metropolis of the white man! Harlem—the capital of miscegenation! Harlem—the gay musical, the Parisian home of vice! author EDWARD DOHERTY □ I'd rather be a lamppost in Harlem than governor of Georgia. FOLK SAYING ...
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... City's black population, you'd have to travel south of Central Park to the West Side, particularly to an area called the Tenderloin. This was where most of the city's sixty thousand African-Americans were crammed. And living around them ...
... City's black population, you'd have to travel south of Central Park to the West Side, particularly to an area called the Tenderloin. This was where most of the city's sixty thousand African-Americans were crammed. And living around them ...
Contenido
How Harlem Influenced My Life | 47 |
Jazz Lights Up the Heavens of Harlem | 193 |
Photo Credits | 256 |
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On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Vista de fragmentos - 2007 |
On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Sin vista previa disponible - 2010 |
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