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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... York City proper required a ninety-minute steamboat ride. That kept Harlem isolated and virtually undeveloped until 1880, when the city constructed an elevated railroad along Eighth Avenue. This access to the west side of Harlem ...
... York City proper required a ninety-minute steamboat ride. That kept Harlem isolated and virtually undeveloped until 1880, when the city constructed an elevated railroad along Eighth Avenue. This access to the west side of Harlem ...
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... York. Opportunities just weren't there, so he made his own and became one of the first black real estate agents in New York. “I was a real estate agent, making a specialty in management of colored tenement property for nearly a year ...
... York. Opportunities just weren't there, so he made his own and became one of the first black real estate agents in New York. “I was a real estate agent, making a specialty in management of colored tenement property for nearly a year ...
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... York Indicator chided that blacks should live “in some colony in the outskirts of the city, where their transportation and other problems will not inflict injustices and disgust on worthy citizens.” John G. Taylor, the president of the ...
... York Indicator chided that blacks should live “in some colony in the outskirts of the city, where their transportation and other problems will not inflict injustices and disgust on worthy citizens.” John G. Taylor, the president of the ...
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... York City, and the black families of the Tenderloin had a new home— and new hope. But the black residents of the Tenderloin weren't the only ones in search of hope. M. OVIN. ' O N. U. P. : J. I M. C. ROW AND THE. GREAT. B. LACK. M. IGRATION ...
... York City, and the black families of the Tenderloin had a new home— and new hope. But the black residents of the Tenderloin weren't the only ones in search of hope. M. OVIN. ' O N. U. P. : J. I M. C. ROW AND THE. GREAT. B. LACK. M. IGRATION ...
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... York Times complained about this new black attitude: “There had been no trouble with the Negro before the war when most admitted the superiority of the white race.” But blacks had a different take on the events, as expressed by the ...
... York Times complained about this new black attitude: “There had been no trouble with the Negro before the war when most admitted the superiority of the white race.” But blacks had a different take on the events, as expressed by the ...
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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 |
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