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On the shoulders of giants [sound recording] : an audio & musical journey through the Harlem Renaissance / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar [and Raymond Obstfeld.]

by Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-

Union Productions, p2008.

COMPACT DISC 796.323092 A136o

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-

Harlem Renaissance.

Harlem Renaissance -- Influence.

Basketball players -- United States -- Biography.

Blacks -- Biography.

[sound recording] :

8 compact sound discs (10 hrs.) : digital ; 12 cm. + 1 booklet.

Edited and abridged by Anna Waterhouse.

Producer/Director, Deborah Morales.

Read by Stanley Crouch, Bob Costas, Jesse L. Martin, Avery Brooks.

"In On the Shoulders of Giants, 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. Travel deep into the soul of the Renaissance -- to 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's. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was born in the midst of a cultural reawakening, carried on the shoulders of athletes trying to prove there was a lot more at stake than a ball game, men and women who made music that could break your heart, and writers and intellectuals who gave voice to not just the ideals of a movement but the raw emotions. Kareem tells what it took to get these revolutionaries to Harlem and how they changed the world. A world that is still riding on the shoulders of giants."--Publisher description.

Autobiographies.

Adult books on CD.

Obstfeld, Raymond, 1952-

Crouch, Stanley.

Costas, Bob, 1952-

Martin, Jesse L.

Union Productions.

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