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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... dancing to the CD their teacher is playing on the boom box? What they have in common with the generations of people who came before them—before there were iPods, or radios, or CDs—is a passion for music. Russian writer Leo Tolstoy (War ...
... dancing to the CD their teacher is playing on the boom box? What they have in common with the generations of people who came before them—before there were iPods, or radios, or CDs—is a passion for music. Russian writer Leo Tolstoy (War ...
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... dance as he listens to the latest tune he downloaded. Music is the only thing on the planet that affects the right and left side of the brain simultaneously—the emotion and intellect. In On the Shoulders of Giants, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ...
... dance as he listens to the latest tune he downloaded. Music is the only thing on the planet that affects the right and left side of the brain simultaneously—the emotion and intellect. In On the Shoulders of Giants, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ...
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... dancing cockeyed optimists. But to do so would simplify the complexities of the historymaking, life-and-death struggle ... dance at any opportunity. Sure, times were tough and they had plenty of nothin', but, hey, by their own admission ...
... dancing cockeyed optimists. But to do so would simplify the complexities of the historymaking, life-and-death struggle ... dance at any opportunity. Sure, times were tough and they had plenty of nothin', but, hey, by their own admission ...
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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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