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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... create a giant set of shoulders that any reader could climb aboard. This book focuses on those passions by tracing their origins in the Harlem Renaissance that so inspired me. “'Some Technicolor Bazaar': How Harlem Became the Center of ...
... create a giant set of shoulders that any reader could climb aboard. This book focuses on those passions by tracing their origins in the Harlem Renaissance that so inspired me. “'Some Technicolor Bazaar': How Harlem Became the Center of ...
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... creating—if we know what we want and how to get there. Let's go back to the Harlem Renaissance now and stand on those magnificent shoulders. And see how far you'll be able to see ever after. “S OME T ECHNICOLOR B AZAAR ” How Harlem ...
... creating—if we know what we want and how to get there. Let's go back to the Harlem Renaissance now and stand on those magnificent shoulders. And see how far you'll be able to see ever after. “S OME T ECHNICOLOR B AZAAR ” How Harlem ...
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... created by white writers), nothin' was plenty for them. Whites admired how Harlemites had learned to accept their miserable lot in life with a Christian smile and without pointing any angry fingers of blame. “We could all learn a lesson ...
... created by white writers), nothin' was plenty for them. Whites admired how Harlemites had learned to accept their miserable lot in life with a Christian smile and without pointing any angry fingers of blame. “We could all learn a lesson ...
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... create, even if only for a short while, in Harlem. H. O W. H. ARLEM. G. O T. I. T S. B. LACK At the beginning of the twentieth century, Harlem seemed an unlikely location for a capital of Black America—or the Mecca of anybody but moneyed ...
... create, even if only for a short while, in Harlem. H. O W. H. ARLEM. G. O T. I. T S. B. LACK At the beginning of the twentieth century, Harlem seemed an unlikely location for a capital of Black America—or the Mecca of anybody but moneyed ...
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... create the Harlem Renaissance. Meantime, the violence 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 ...
... create the Harlem Renaissance. Meantime, the violence 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 ...
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 |
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