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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My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. of whites visited this Harlem weekly, seeing only what ... Harlem was the other Harlem—“Daily” Harlem—the one that black people wrote about, sang about, painted and sculpted ...
My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. of whites visited this Harlem weekly, seeing only what ... Harlem was the other Harlem—“Daily” Harlem—the one that black people wrote about, sang about, painted and sculpted ...
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My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. And most of these cultural warriors would live and work and create, even if only for a short while, in Harlem. H. O W. H. ARLEM. G. O T. I. T S. B. LACK At the beginning of the ...
My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. And most of these cultural warriors would live and work and create, even if only for a short while, in Harlem. H. O W. H. ARLEM. G. O T. I. T S. B. LACK At the beginning of the ...
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My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. An official investigation not only cleared the police of wrongdoing, but praised them for keeping the situation under control. Yet, “the situation” was anything but under ...
My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. An official investigation not only cleared the police of wrongdoing, but praised them for keeping the situation under control. Yet, “the situation” was anything but under ...
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My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. there, which was 60 percent of the population of Harlem. Payton, and the blacks of the Tenderloin, had their revenge: Payton became the most successful black real estate ...
My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. there, which was 60 percent of the population of Harlem. Payton, and the blacks of the Tenderloin, had their revenge: Payton became the most successful black real estate ...
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... Harlem Renaissance was hitting its stride and black music and literature were being noticed on an international level, KKK membership had risen to include a massive 15 percent of eligible Americans. As African-Americans began to achieve ...
... Harlem Renaissance was hitting its stride and black music and literature were being noticed on an international level, KKK membership had risen to include a massive 15 percent of eligible Americans. As African-Americans began to achieve ...
Contenido
How Harlem Influenced My Life | 47 |
Jazz Lights Up the Heavens of Harlem | 193 |
Photo Credits | 256 |
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