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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... negro sections, and all that exist are fearfully crowded. . . . Moreover, [the landlords] make no repairs, and the property usually goes to rack and ruin. ... As a rule ... negroes in New York are not beholden to property owners for ...
... negro sections, and all that exist are fearfully crowded. . . . Moreover, [the landlords] make no repairs, and the property usually goes to rack and ruin. ... As a rule ... negroes in New York are not beholden to property owners for ...
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... Negro, whose patriotism is above question, and who has given his life's blood on every field of honor, in order to keep the flag which stands for such noble ideals from touching the ground. Many blacks saw the return of their soldiers ...
... Negro, whose patriotism is above question, and who has given his life's blood on every field of honor, in order to keep the flag which stands for such noble ideals from touching the ground. Many blacks saw the return of their soldiers ...
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... Negro before the war when most admitted the superiority of the white race.” But blacks had a different take on the events, as expressed by the Southern black woman who wrote to the Crisis, the official magazine of the National ...
... Negro before the war when most admitted the superiority of the white race.” But blacks had a different take on the events, as expressed by the Southern black woman who wrote to the Crisis, the official magazine of the National ...
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... Negro becomes more and more a mass movement toward the larger and the more democratic chance—in the Negro's case a deliberate flight not only from countryside to city, but from medieval America to modern. Harlem was to be the model of ...
... Negro becomes more and more a mass movement toward the larger and the more democratic chance—in the Negro's case a deliberate flight not only from countryside to city, but from medieval America to modern. Harlem was to be the model of ...
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... Negro Life in New York's Harlem” still provides the most vivid description: Negro Harlem is best represented by Seventh Avenue. . . . It is a grand thoroughfare into which every element of Harlem population ventures either for reasons ...
... Negro Life in New York's Harlem” still provides the most vivid description: Negro Harlem is best represented by Seventh Avenue. . . . It is a grand thoroughfare into which every element of Harlem population ventures either for reasons ...
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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