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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... called the Harlem Renaissance because, like the sixteenth-century Italian Renaissance of Michelangelo and Raphael, it redefined an entire culture. These men and women were determined to change how white America viewed people of color ...
... called the Harlem Renaissance because, like the sixteenth-century Italian Renaissance of Michelangelo and Raphael, it redefined an entire culture. These men and women were determined to change how white America viewed people of color ...
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... called . . . Harlem. Considering all the transcendent things that have been said about the Harlem of the twenties and thirties, it would O N T H E S H O U L D E R S O F G I A N T S 7 Abdul-Jabbar_OnShoulders_i-xii-262_4P.jlp 12/5/06 3 ...
... called . . . Harlem. Considering all the transcendent things that have been said about the Harlem of the twenties and thirties, it would O N T H E S H O U L D E R S O F G I A N T S 7 Abdul-Jabbar_OnShoulders_i-xii-262_4P.jlp 12/5/06 3 ...
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... called the Tenderloin. This was where most of the city's sixty 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 ...
... called the Tenderloin. This was where most of the city's sixty 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 ...
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... Called White, recounted his experience as a thirteen-year-old black boy facing a white mob: Father told Mother to take my sisters, the youngest of them only six, to the rear of the house, which offered more protection from stones and ...
... Called White, recounted his experience as a thirteen-year-old black boy facing a white mob: Father told Mother to take my sisters, the youngest of them only six, to the rear of the house, which offered more protection from stones and ...
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... called the Hell Fighters by the French, were given the Croix de Guerre for gallantry; 171 black soldiers were awarded the French Legion of Honor. Also, the O N T H E S H O U L D E R S O F G I A N T S 2 1 Abdul-Jabbar_OnShoulders_i-xii ...
... called the Hell Fighters by the French, were given the Croix de Guerre for gallantry; 171 black soldiers were awarded the French Legion of Honor. Also, the O N T H E S H O U L D E R S O F G I A N T S 2 1 Abdul-Jabbar_OnShoulders_i-xii ...
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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