January 30, 2007 not just a literary movement, the harlem renaissance was also the. In the continuing rediscovery of writers and works from the harlem renaissance, lost plays of the harlem renaissance 19201940 serves as essential background for contemporary readers and is a valuable contribution to african american literary and theatrical scholarship. The following is an excerpt from the e book the crossover. Author interview kareem abduljabbar, author of on the shoulders.
Schuyler, francis hall johnson, shirley graham, and others. Embracing literary, musical, theatrical, and visual arts, participants sought to reconceptualize the negro apart from the white stereotypes that had influenced black peoples relationship to their. In 1926, abe saperstein formed an africanamerican basketball team that became known as the harlem globetrotters. Its 1921, and when celeste lassiter massey goes to stay with her aunt valentina in harlem, she is not thrilled to trade her friends and comfortable north carolina surroundings for scary big city life with a famous actress.
One constant in sports has been friction between team. The movement also included the new africanamerican cultural expressions across the urban areas in the northeast and midwest. This site includes mostly illustrated brief essays on community, sports and business topics as well as activism and the arts. It was a period of cultural development connected with the new negro movement from 1919 to 1934. A brief history of basketball and race, from james naismith to lebron james. Aberjhani, encyclopedia of the harlem renaissance 7 likes we are drawn to the renaissance because of the hope for black uplift and interracial empathy that it embodied and because there is a certain element of romanticism associated with the eras creativity, its seemingly larger than life heroes and heroines, and its most brilliantly. Jan 30, 2007 the legendary basketball player is the author of a new book, on the shoulder of giants. Apr, 2017 what some call the greatest basketball team you have never heard of began as an advertising ploy for a harlem dance hall, the renaissance casino and ballroom.
Harlem renaissance updated edition by nathan irvin huggins. In the 20th century it was the center of the creative literary development called the harlem renaissance. Using a classic call and response format, kareem abduljabbar explores the history and the significance of his cultures rebirth. Harlem renaissance aug 1, 2017 the hepster dictionary was the first dictionary written by an african american this glossary of harlem jive that is thought to be the first dictionary. My journey through the harlem renaissance, nba legend kareem abduljabbar recounts the time a reporter asked him what profession he.
My journey through the harlem renaissance, which takes a look back at the storied history and lasting impact. Buy this book in print summary this compilation of sixteen plays written during the harlem renaissance brings together for the first time the works of langston hughes, george s. Lost essays of the wpa, by ralph ellison, dorothy west, and other voices of a generation by lionel c. One of the reasons i chose the harlem renaissance period is that it came on the heels. The harlem renaissance was an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion centered in harlem, manhattan, new york city, spanning the 1920s. Blooms theories have changed the way that critics think of literary tradition and has also focused his attentions on history and the bible. The greatest basketball team youve never heard of mental floss. What are the main ideas of the harlem renaissance answers. It tells the story of the harlem rens, an all black professional. Harlem renaissance updated edition by nathan irvin. Basketball legend kareem abduljabbar explored the rens and their legacy in his 2007 book on the shoulders of giants. Advance praise for claude johnsons new book the black fives. Washington, dubois, garvey, and randolph 1996, the clansman.
Basketball legend abduljabbar salutes his childhood heroes. The books early sections detail the sordid history and ugly treatment blacks suffered in. At the time, it was known as the new negro movement, named after the new negro, a 1925 anthology edited by alain locke. Lost plays of the harlem renaissance, 19201940 wayne.
The book, cowritten with novelist and orange coast college. During this period harlem was a cultural center, drawing black writers, artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars. According to the book the harlem renaissance by william h. A handbook is a tidy resource for those curious about an active period in africanamerican history. This compilation has the history of harlem told with the voices of artists who. Harlem renaissance definition, artists, writers, poems. In the opening chapter of his book, on the shoulders of giants. Mar 28, 2017 despite the many library shelves filled with books about the harlem renaissance and its leaders and participants, sports and what was written about sports is largely absent from that literature.
Jul 16, 2017 still, the culture of sports in the harlem renaissance is an important book that connects the fields of english, african american studies, and intellectual history with sport history. Black inventors that have been left out of traditional history books. While celeste absorbs the excitement of the harlem renaissance in full swing, she sees as much grit as glamour. It may not be the best history of the renaissance it.
In the spring of 1999, the new york junior league, several community groups, p. Learn about the harlem renaissance through games, illustrations, and stories. Since the 1920s, this period of harlem s history has been highly romanticized. Harlem renaissance and history of jazzyou can find harlem renaissance and. Sports was a large part of the harlem renaissance and harlem history in general.
The harlem renaissance was the development of the harlem neighborhood in nyc as a black cultural mecca in the early 20th century and the subsequent social and artistic explosion that resulted. Captivatingly examines why the 1920s and early1930s harlem literati were not avid sports fans or students of sportsrecommendedchoice andersons book provides an essential primer on early twentiethcentury african american intellectual and literary life as seen through the lens of sport. This manuscript facilitates a more complex understanding of african american history and, therefore, of american history by looking at how sports was. Since the 1920s, this period of harlems history has been highly romanticized. It shows how black sportswriters facilitated intellectual conversations that considered the value, role, and place of sport in african american life and made the. The globetrotters birth came in 1926 as the savoy big five. In the tradition of the new york times bestseller poetry speaks, the book combines each subjects key works with biographical and critical essays by leading harlem. Wintz is professor of history at texas southern university and author of black culture and the harlem renaissance 1997, coauthor of texas. Kareem abduljabbar telling the story of the harlem. Reviewed by andrew mcgregor the harlem renaissance is frequently described as a flowering of african american social, cultural, and artistic expression. The casino and ballroom at 8th street and seventh avenue in harlem was an entertainment complex including a ballroom that served. Johnson, the main factors contributing to the development of the harlem renaissance were africanamerican urban migration, trends.
Harlem, 1900 to 1940, an african american community the schomburg center at the new york public library has prepared an outstanding online exhibit on the harlem renaissance. The harlem renaissance lent its name to this school playground, which underwent a renaissance of its own under the new york junior leagues for kids by kids playground improvement project. A superb portrait of one of the signal episodes in africanamerican and american history, this volume offers a brilliant account of the creative explosion. Harlem globe trotters book 1970 basketball team meadowlark lemon 1st. The harlem renaissance and the basketball team associated with it one. The book is abduljabars view of the harlem renaissance. Presents essays that document the origins and influence of the harlem renaissance, focusing on key writing figures and artists and the many challenges they faced. With the increase in a poor population, it was also the time when the neighborhood began to deteriorate to a slum, and some of the storied traditions of the harlem renaissance were driven by poverty, crime, or other social ills. African americans write american literature, 17601870 1997 and the book length study fictions of the harlem renaissance, which appears in the sixth volume of the cambridge history of american literature 2002. What some call the greatest basketball team you have never heard of began as an advertising ploy for a harlem dance hall, the renaissance casino and ballroom. Awardwinning entertaining guide to all things related to the harlem renaissance.
Encyclopedia of the harlem renaissance home facebook. Project muse lost plays of the harlem renaissance, 19201940. On the shoulders of giants my personal journey through the harlem renaissance by kareem abduljabbar short summary. Harlem, district of new york city, occupying a large part of northern manhattan. Learn about african american history and the harlem. See more ideas about books, harlem renaissance and african american literature.
This book is about the harlem renaissance and the development, accomplishments, and history of a people. The legendary basketball player is the author of a new book, on the shoulder of giants. Despite the many library shelves filled with books about the harlem renaissance and its leaders and participants, sports and what was written about sports is largely absent from that literature. Kareem abduljabbar has written a book that chronicles their histories. On february 10, 20, mayor bloomberg issued a proclamation celebrating the legendary black basketball teams like the harlem rens aka the new york renaissance. A great book that goes into the history of the black professional basketball. Kings of harlem, though more modest in scale, is moving and. Lost plays of the harlem renaissance, 19201940 wayne state. The 63yearold hall of famer has cowritten and is the executive producer of a documentary called on the shoulders of giants. Kareem abduljabbar telling the story of the harlem renaissance. Learn more about the harlem renaissance, including its noteworthy works and artists, in this article. See more ideas about harlem renaissance, black history and african american history. A quick read that introduces key figures via brief biographies, harlem renaissance.
The ny rens were the greatest basketball team you have never. Harlem is known for its amazing basketball which has started one of the most entertaining shows in modern day america, the harlem globetrotters. The lone star state, ninth edition 2005, editor of african american political thought 18901930. Harlem speaks showcases the lives and works of the artists, writers and intellectuals behind the stunning outburst of african american culture in the three decades after world war i. The new york renaissance, also known as the renaissance big five and as the rens, was an allblack professional basketball team established february, 1923, by robert bob douglas in agreement with the renaissance casino and ballroom. Now this classic history is being reissued, with a new foreword by acclaimed biographer arnold rampersad. But it ends up abduljabbar makes a good case that basketball should be part of. The harlem hellfighters were the men of the 369th infantry who heroically fought on the front lines in ww1. It is a long chapter detailing a certain aspect of the harlem renaissance literature, poetry, basketball followed by an essaylength chapter on how that aspect personally affected abduljabar.
Apr 03, 2011 the 63yearold hall of famer has cowritten and is the executive producer of a documentary called on the shoulders of giants. Its like a scrapbook jammed with rent party tickets, dinner programs, book covers, letters, playbills, song lyrics and more. In 1658 it was established as the settlement nieuw haarlem, named after haarlem in the netherlands. The culture of sports in the harlem renaissance mcfarland. But it is also about a man and his development, accomplishments, and history. It also reflected an important intellectual moment. In the early 19th century, many african americans moved from their residences in the south, to more industrial, urban areas in the north. On the shoulders of giants book by kareem abduljabbar. The ny rens were the greatest basketball team you have. The harlem renaissance was the name given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in harlem between the end of world war i and the middle of the 1930s. Jun 08, 2011 in the opening chapter of his book, on the shoulders of giants. Little did saperstein know that when the team hit the floor for their first road.
In harlem, basketball made history before the globetrotters. One of the factors contributing to the rise of the harlem renaissance was the great migration of africanamericans to northern cities such as new york city, chicago, and washington, d. Williamss first and second chapters are essentially a time line of the renaissance, fleshed out in swift and contextbuilding prose. Overall, there have been people with ties to the harlem globetrotters inducted into the naismith basketball hall of fame. An historical romance of the ku klux klan by thomas dixon. An historical romance of the ku klux klan by thomas dixon new ed.