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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... fathers—to allow people to enjoy “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”—was profoundly challenged by their ambition. Their presence determined whether or not the goals of the founding fathers would ever apply to all Americans ...
... fathers—to allow people to enjoy “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”—was profoundly challenged by their ambition. Their presence determined whether or not the goals of the founding fathers would ever apply to all Americans ...
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... fathers and mothers, if they do nothing but engage in selfcongratulatory narratives and music about themselves and imagine that they are actually any threat to this society or that they have any future in it simply by talking negative ...
... fathers and mothers, if they do nothing but engage in selfcongratulatory narratives and music about themselves and imagine that they are actually any threat to this society or that they have any future in it simply by talking negative ...
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... father taught me to have passion for jazz and basketball, and my mother taught me to have compassion for others. And, because I've always had a keen interest in history, I've had the additional advantage of a whole range of giants from ...
... father taught me to have passion for jazz and basketball, and my mother taught me to have compassion for others. And, because I've always had a keen interest in history, I've had the additional advantage of a whole range of giants from ...
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... Father of Colored Harlem. If anyone was the quintessential example of a Harlem Renaissance man, it was Payton. 1 2 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 12.
... Father of Colored Harlem. If anyone was the quintessential example of a Harlem Renaissance man, it was Payton. 1 2 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 12.
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... 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 bullets. . . . In a very few minutes the vanguard of the mob, some of them bearing torches ...
... 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 bullets. . . . In a very few minutes the vanguard of the mob, some of them bearing torches ...
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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