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From 1920 to 1940, the Harlem Renaissance produced a bright beacon of light that paved the way for African-Americans all over the country. The unapologetic writings of W. E. B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey, the fervent fiction and poetry of Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes, the groundbreaking art of Aaron Douglas and William H. Johnson, and the triumphant music of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong gave voice and expression to the thoughts and emotions that Jim Crow segregation laws had long sought to stifle.<p>In <i>On the Shoulders of Giants,</i> indomitable basketball star and bestselling author and historian Kareem Abdul-Jabbar invites the reader on an extraordinarily personal journey back to his birthplace, through one of the greatest political, cultural, literary, and artistic movements in our history, revealing the tremendous impact the Harlem Renaissance had on both American culture and his own life. Beginning with the rise of the Harlem Rens as pioneers of professional basketball, Kareem traces the many streams of historical influence that converged to create the man he is today-the NBA's all-time leading scorer and a veritable African-American icon.</p><p>Travel deep i

Who reads On the shoulders of giants : my personal journey through the Harlem Renaissance?

Author

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-; Obstfeld, Raymond, 1952-

Publisher

Simon & Schuster, Incorporated

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781416534884

Category

history

Subjects

Sports, Anthropology, Fiction

Rating

3.97 / 5 (113 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14