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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... friends. But surprisingly, nearly as many said they played music in order to cheer up. In third place was prayer or some form of communication with God. From this we can see that people rely on music for more than just background ...
... friends. But surprisingly, nearly as many said they played music in order to cheer up. In third place was prayer or some form of communication with God. From this we can see that people rely on music for more than just background ...
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... friends discouraged me. All of them told me how I couldn't make it, but none of them, how I could. They tried to convince me that there was no show for a colored man in such a business in New York. Opportunities just weren't there, so ...
... friends discouraged me. All of them told me how I couldn't make it, but none of them, how I could. They tried to convince me that there was no show for a colored man in such a business in New York. Opportunities just weren't there, so ...
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... friends sent the mob scurrying away. Young Walter White came away from that night of terror a changed person: “I was sick with loathing for the hatred which had flared before me that night and come so close to making me a killer; but I ...
... friends sent the mob scurrying away. Young Walter White came away from that night of terror a changed person: “I was sick with loathing for the hatred which had flared before me that night and come so close to making me a killer; but I ...
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... friends. During the next twelve years, because of his show, twenty thousand people were reunited. True, there was a hefty cost to the people who, O N T H E S H O U L D E R S O F G I A N T S 2 5 Abdul-Jabbar_OnShoulders_i-xii-262_4P.jlp ...
... friends. During the next twelve years, because of his show, twenty thousand people were reunited. True, there was a hefty cost to the people who, O N T H E S H O U L D E R S O F G I A N T S 2 5 Abdul-Jabbar_OnShoulders_i-xii-262_4P.jlp ...
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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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