On the Shoulders of Giants My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance [Paperback]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbaris recognized bySports IllustratedandTimemagazine as history's greatest basketball player (he is the NBA's all-time leading scorer). The author of severalNew York Timesbestsellers, Kareem's previous books includeGiant Steps, Kareem, Black Profiles in Courage, A Season on the Reservation,andBrothers in Arms.Since his retirement as a player in the NBA, Kareem has worked as a special assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers and acted as a volunteer coach for children on the White Mountain Apache reservation in Whiteriver, Arizona.On the Shoulders of Giantsis currently in production as a documentary film.

Raymond Obstfeldis an associate professor of English at Orange Coast College, and is the author of more than forty books of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, including studies of the Italian Renaissance, Napoleon Bonaparte, andMoby-Dick.LESSON PLANS:On The Shoulders of Giants
My Personal Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance
By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

SHORT SUMMARY:

This book is about the Harlem Renaissance and the development, accomplishments, and history of a people. But it is also about a man and his development, accomplishments, and history. Using a classic call and response format, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores the history and the significance of his culture's rebirth. He examines what it meant not just for his own life but for the lives of everyone, black and white, who inherited its rich legacy and benefited from the writing, art, and music that the men and women of the Harlem Renaissance created.

IMPORTANT INTRODUCTORY VISUALS:

1. A world map is an excellent way to help students understand the migration of people as well as of art, music, and literature throughout the text. A map of New York City dated between 1920 and 1940, with a detail of Harlem and a current map of the same would also be useful tolÃ,