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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... political activism of W. E. B. Du Bois, James Weldon Johnson, and Marcus Garvey inspired Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. He shows how the innovative and daring artistry of Louis ...
... political activism of W. E. B. Du Bois, James Weldon Johnson, and Marcus Garvey inspired Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. He shows how the innovative and daring artistry of Louis ...
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... politics and in religious rituals. African music would use the same call-and-response as a way to mimic human voices and vocal interaction. Slaves brought this means of expression to the Americas, where it became a staple in their ...
... politics and in religious rituals. African music would use the same call-and-response as a way to mimic human voices and vocal interaction. Slaves brought this means of expression to the Americas, where it became a staple in their ...
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... politicians who had the power to change things. Ignoring Harlem, and African-Americans throughout the country, was ... political revolution. Certainly jazz provided the backbeat, but the revolution itself was orchestrated by a group of ...
... politicians who had the power to change things. Ignoring Harlem, and African-Americans throughout the country, was ... political revolution. Certainly jazz provided the backbeat, but the revolution itself was orchestrated by a group of ...
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... politicians. Immediately after the Civil War ended in 1865, the Republican-run federal government began actively protecting black rights through the policy of Reconstruction. As a result, they pushed passage of the Civil Rights Act of ...
... politicians. Immediately after the Civil War ended in 1865, the Republican-run federal government began actively protecting black rights through the policy of Reconstruction. As a result, they pushed passage of the Civil Rights Act of ...
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... political than the traditional causes attributed to the mass movement: The tide of Negro migration, northward and city-ward, is not to be fully explained as a blind flood started by the demands of war industry coupled with the shutting ...
... political than the traditional causes attributed to the mass movement: The tide of Negro migration, northward and city-ward, is not to be fully explained as a blind flood started by the demands of war industry coupled with the shutting ...
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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