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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... thing on the planet that affects the right and left side of the brain simultaneously—the emotion and intellect. In On the Shoulders of Giants, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar does something no other book of the Harlem Renaissance has done before ...
... thing on the planet that affects the right and left side of the brain simultaneously—the emotion and intellect. In On the Shoulders of Giants, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar does something no other book of the Harlem Renaissance has done before ...
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... thing with members of our family—avoiding mistakes our parents made, following in professions in which they've been successful—so for me, history is like my extended family. Aunt Harriet Tubman. Uncle Frederick Douglass. Cousin Miles ...
... thing with members of our family—avoiding mistakes our parents made, following in professions in which they've been successful—so for me, history is like my extended family. Aunt Harriet Tubman. Uncle Frederick Douglass. Cousin Miles ...
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... 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 3:13 PM Page 7 How Harlem Became the Center of the Universe.
... 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 3:13 PM Page 7 How Harlem Became the Center of the Universe.
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... things. Ignoring Harlem, and African-Americans throughout the country, was business as usual for most politicians. As ... thing that's going on up here in Harlem?” But Harlem would not be ignored. Jazz legend Miles Davis said, “Jazz is ...
... things. Ignoring Harlem, and African-Americans throughout the country, was business as usual for most politicians. As ... thing that's going on up here in Harlem?” But Harlem would not be ignored. Jazz legend Miles Davis said, “Jazz is ...
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Contenido
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 |
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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