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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... , a racist's Disneyland (“the honkiest place on earth”). And thousands of whites visited this Harlem weekly, seeing only what they 8 K A R E E M A B D U L - J A B B A R Abdul-Jabbar_OnShoulders_i-xii-262_4P.jlp 12/5/06 3:13 PM Page 8.
... , a racist's Disneyland (“the honkiest place on earth”). And thousands of whites visited this Harlem weekly, seeing only what they 8 K A R E E M A B D U L - J A B B A R Abdul-Jabbar_OnShoulders_i-xii-262_4P.jlp 12/5/06 3:13 PM Page 8.
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... thousand African-Americans were crammed. And living around them, like an army laying siege to a castle, were various groups of whites, mostly Irish immigrants, dedicated to driving the blacks away. Central Park was a physical border ...
... thousand African-Americans were crammed. And living around them, like an army laying siege to a castle, were various groups of whites, mostly Irish immigrants, dedicated to driving the blacks away. Central Park was a physical border ...
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... Thousands of farmers lost their livelihood and were forced to find some other way to support their families. The boll weevil invasion inspired several blues songs that became mainstays of Harlem Renaissance musicians such as Bessie ...
... Thousands of farmers lost their livelihood and were forced to find some other way to support their families. The boll weevil invasion inspired several blues songs that became mainstays of Harlem Renaissance musicians such as Bessie ...
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... thousand of them had just fought a war for democracy, and they wanted to experience the full fruits of that democracy themselves. Certainly they were owed it. After all, they had distinguished themselves as heroes on the battlefields of ...
... thousand of them had just fought a war for democracy, and they wanted to experience the full fruits of that democracy themselves. Certainly they were owed it. After all, they had distinguished themselves as heroes on the battlefields of ...
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... thousand blows deal one deathblow! What though before us lies the open grave? Like men we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack, Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back. Ironically, the Great Black Migration did more to better ...
... thousand blows deal one deathblow! What though before us lies the open grave? Like men we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack, Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back. Ironically, the Great Black Migration did more to better ...
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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