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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... continued for days, forcing the militia to march in to restore peace. In the end, twenty-five to forty blacks were murdered through beatings, bullets, and lynching. Two whites died, one of them a woman who suffered a heart attack when ...
... continued for days, forcing the militia to march in to restore peace. In the end, twenty-five to forty blacks were murdered through beatings, bullets, and lynching. Two whites died, one of them a woman who suffered a heart attack when ...
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... continued; the lynchings continued. In 1901, George Henry White, a former slave and the only AfricanAmerican in the House of Representatives, introduced a bill that would make lynching a federal crime. He argued that lynching 1 8 ...
... continued; the lynchings continued. In 1901, George Henry White, a former slave and the only AfricanAmerican in the House of Representatives, introduced a bill that would make lynching a federal crime. He argued that lynching 1 8 ...
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... continued even in battle. The French admiration for AfricanAmerican soldiers was vigorously discouraged by the American military, which, in 1918, sent a memo to the French military titled “Secret Information Concerning the Black ...
... continued even in battle. The French admiration for AfricanAmerican soldiers was vigorously discouraged by the American military, which, in 1918, sent a memo to the French military titled “Secret Information Concerning the Black ...
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... continued. One Alabama minister's prayer suggested the migration had biblical origins: “We feel and believe that this great Exodus is God's hand and plan. In a mysterious way God is moving upon the hearts of our people to go where He ...
... continued. One Alabama minister's prayer suggested the migration had biblical origins: “We feel and believe that this great Exodus is God's hand and plan. In a mysterious way God is moving upon the hearts of our people to go where He ...
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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 |
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