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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... African-American community since the start of the Harlem Renaissance back in the 1920s. More important to me than anything else I do, or have ever done (yes, including basketball), is my active participation in improving the lives of ...
... African-American community since the start of the Harlem Renaissance back in the 1920s. More important to me than anything else I do, or have ever done (yes, including basketball), is my active participation in improving the lives of ...
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... African cultures, where it was used in public gatherings to discuss local 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 ...
... African cultures, where it was used in public gatherings to discuss local 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 ...
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... African-American scholar Ron Karenga says, “Our youth can be our fate or our future.” Something is our fate when we blindly stumble into it without having any control. But the future is something we first envision and then go about ...
... African-American scholar Ron Karenga says, “Our youth can be our fate or our future.” Something is our fate when we blindly stumble into it without having any control. But the future is something we first envision and then go about ...
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... African-Americans—educated or illiterate, urban or rural, cop or criminal. One size fits all. And that is the problem that Harlem, as a symbol of Black America, has faced from the beginning: there have always been two Harlems. First ...
... African-Americans—educated or illiterate, urban or rural, cop or criminal. One size fits all. And that is the problem that Harlem, as a symbol of Black America, has faced from the beginning: there have always been two Harlems. First ...
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... African-Americans throughout the country were viewed, not just by whites, but by other blacks as well. In the end, these two radically different visions couldn't peacefully coexist. For those who were part of the Harlem Renaissance ...
... African-Americans throughout the country were viewed, not just by whites, but by other blacks as well. In the end, these two radically different visions couldn't peacefully coexist. For those who were part of the Harlem Renaissance ...
Contenido
How Harlem Influenced My Life | 47 |
Jazz Lights Up the Heavens of Harlem | 193 |
Photo Credits | 256 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
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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