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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... face when I answered, “A history teacher.” Yes, you read right. A history teacher. My interest in history isn't idle curiosity about who inflicted what bloody atrocity on whom; that's merely sordid gossip about the dead. To me, history ...
... face when I answered, “A history teacher.” Yes, you read right. A history teacher. My interest in history isn't idle curiosity about who inflicted what bloody atrocity on whom; that's merely sordid gossip about the dead. To me, history ...
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... face toward me. In a voice as quiet as though he were asking me to pass him the sugar at the breakfast table, he said, “Son, don't shoot until the first man puts his foot on the lawn and then—don't you miss!” A volley of shots from ...
... face toward me. In a voice as quiet as though he were asking me to pass him the sugar at the breakfast table, he said, “Son, don't shoot until the first man puts his foot on the lawn and then—don't you miss!” A volley of shots from ...
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... face of Europe, reshaping enemy countries into more manageable chunks. But the Great War had also changed the face of America, reshaping the way blacks felt about themselves, making them more actively resistant to being reshaped into ...
... face of Europe, reshaping enemy countries into more manageable chunks. But the Great War had also changed the face of America, reshaping the way blacks felt about themselves, making them more actively resistant to being reshaped into ...
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... face the murderous, cowardly pack, Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back. Ironically, the Great Black Migration did more to better blackwhite relations in the South than anything else. Finally aware at just how valuable and ...
... face the murderous, cowardly pack, Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back. Ironically, the Great Black Migration did more to better blackwhite relations in the South than anything else. Finally aware at just how valuable and ...
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... face of an extortionate and heavy toll, a chance for the improvement of conditions. With each successive wave of it, the movement of the Negro becomes more and more a mass movement toward the larger and the more democratic chance—in the ...
... face of an extortionate and heavy toll, a chance for the improvement of conditions. With each successive wave of it, the movement of the Negro becomes more and more a mass movement toward the larger and the more democratic chance—in the ...
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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