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. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 37
Página xii
... Johnson, and Marcus Garvey inspired Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. He shows how the innovative and daring artistry of Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, and Ma Rainey made possible ...
... Johnson, and Marcus Garvey inspired Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. He shows how the innovative and daring artistry of Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, and Ma Rainey made possible ...
Página 9
... Johnson says in the film Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), “What the hell do the attorney general, the State Department, or even the president of the United States know about one goddamn thing that's going on up here in Harlem?” But Harlem ...
... Johnson says in the film Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), “What the hell do the attorney general, the State Department, or even the president of the United States know about one goddamn thing that's going on up here in Harlem?” But Harlem ...
Página 22
... Johnson. While World War I nudged into motion the Great Black Migration, it gave an angry shove to the Harlem Renaissance, providing it with passionate momentum. That momentum came not just from the pride of what black soldiers had ...
... Johnson. While World War I nudged into motion the Great Black Migration, it gave an angry shove to the Harlem Renaissance, providing it with passionate momentum. That momentum came not just from the pride of what black soldiers had ...
Página 24
... Johnson referred to that summer as Red Summer. There had been race riots before, but not this many and not with such widespread devastation. Certainly something was different. Partly, it was the result of blacks returning from war ...
... Johnson referred to that summer as Red Summer. There had been race riots before, but not this many and not with such widespread devastation. Certainly something was different. Partly, it was the result of blacks returning from war ...
Página 29
... Johnson wrote, “This was not simply going out for a walk; it is like going out for an adventure.” Activist Malcolm X, a onetime resident of Harlem, echoed that sentiment: “Up and down along and between Lenox and Seventh and Eighth ...
... Johnson wrote, “This was not simply going out for a walk; it is like going out for an adventure.” Activist Malcolm X, a onetime resident of Harlem, echoed that sentiment: “Up and down along and between Lenox and Seventh and Eighth ...
Contenido
How Harlem Influenced My Life | 47 |
Jazz Lights Up the Heavens of Harlem | 193 |
Photo Credits | 256 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
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 |
Términos y frases comunes
African African-American Alain Locke artists athletes basketball player basketball team became black Americans black community black teams black writers blues Bob Douglas Bois’s celebrated championship Chicago City civil rights Claude McKay Coach color Cotton Club crowd culture dance Despite Douglas’s Duke Ellington face famous fans film Garvey’s Globetrotters going Harlem Renaissance Harlemites helped high school hope influence inspired jazz musicians Jim Crow Johnson Joplin Kareem Langston Hughes later League literary lived Locke’s Loendi Louis Armstrong Malcolm Marcus Garvey minstrel shows movie NAACP naissance National Negro never nightclubs novel Original Celtics piano play poem poetry political popular professional basketball published race racial racism ragtime record Renaissance Casino Rens Seventh Avenue songs South Southern Street successful Talented Tenth thing Thurman tion Toomer W. E. B. Du Bois wanted white America white teams words wrote York Zora Neale Hurston