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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... person is feeling but is unable to put into words. Having those emotions expressed is liberating for a person and therefore makes him or her happier. That desire to be able to express our feelings, and the sense of fulfillment we feel ...
... person is feeling but is unable to put into words. Having those emotions expressed is liberating for a person and therefore makes him or her happier. That desire to be able to express our feelings, and the sense of fulfillment we feel ...
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... person I have become. And am still becoming. In the epigraph that begins this introduction, the brilliant African-American scholar Ron Karenga says, “Our youth can be our fate or our future.” Something is our fate when we blindly ...
... person I have become. And am still becoming. In the epigraph that begins this introduction, the brilliant African-American scholar Ron Karenga says, “Our youth can be our fate or our future.” Something is our fate when we blindly ...
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... person.” In 1906, Atlanta, Georgia, was the site of one of the most violent race riots in history. The local press had begun publishing unsubstantiated accounts of black men assaulting white women (the one charge that seemed to have the ...
... person.” In 1906, Atlanta, Georgia, was the site of one of the most violent race riots in history. The local press had begun publishing unsubstantiated accounts of black men assaulting white women (the one charge that seemed to have the ...
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... 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 was glad I was not one of those who hated; I was glad I was not one of those made sick and murderous ...
... 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 was glad I was not one of those who hated; I was glad I was not one of those made sick and murderous ...
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... person in the South was punished for participating in a lynching. The effect of this situation was clear: “Every time a lynching takes place in a community down South,” said Chicago's Urban League president T. Arnold Hall, “you can ...
... person in the South was punished for participating in a lynching. The effect of this situation was clear: “Every time a lynching takes place in a community down South,” said Chicago's Urban League president T. Arnold Hall, “you can ...
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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