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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... jazz melodies and populated by a happy cast of all-singing, all-dancing cockeyed optimists. But to do so would simplify the complexities of the historymaking, life-and-death struggle that was really going on in Harlem. And it would ...
... jazz melodies and populated by a happy cast of all-singing, all-dancing cockeyed optimists. But to do so would simplify the complexities of the historymaking, life-and-death struggle that was really going on in Harlem. And it would ...
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... Jazz legend Miles Davis said, “Jazz is the big brother of revolution. Revolution follows it around.” What was going on in Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s was nothing short of a cultural and political revolution. Certainly jazz provided ...
... Jazz legend Miles Davis said, “Jazz is the big brother of revolution. Revolution follows it around.” What was going on in Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s was nothing short of a cultural and political revolution. Certainly jazz provided ...
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... jazz club or a tropical Jamaican resort. But, in fact, it was a squalid ghetto where black families strove to raise their children amidst brothels, gambling dens, nightclubs, pool halls, and unbearable poverty. In 1911, the average ...
... jazz club or a tropical Jamaican resort. But, in fact, it was a squalid ghetto where black families strove to raise their children amidst brothels, gambling dens, nightclubs, pool halls, and unbearable poverty. In 1911, the average ...
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... Jazz Lights Up the Heavens of Harlem”). Certainly many Southern laws reflected the attitude that blacks were more like cartoon characters than human beings. These restrictive laws were a direct reaction to civil rights laws that white ...
... Jazz Lights Up the Heavens of Harlem”). Certainly many Southern laws reflected the attitude that blacks were more like cartoon characters than human beings. These restrictive laws were a direct reaction to civil rights laws that white ...
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... jazz musician Louis Armstrong (from Louisiana; see the chapter “'Musical Fireworks': Jazz Lights Up the Heavens of Harlem”), and sculptor Augusta Savage (from Florida). The Northern migration became so widespread that it also swept up ...
... jazz musician Louis Armstrong (from Louisiana; see the chapter “'Musical Fireworks': Jazz Lights Up the Heavens of Harlem”), and sculptor Augusta Savage (from Florida). The Northern migration became so widespread that it also swept up ...
Contenido
How Harlem Influenced My Life | 47 |
Jazz Lights Up the Heavens of Harlem | 193 |
Photo Credits | 256 |
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