Order this book from Amazon.com On the Shoulders of Giants Kareem Abdul-Jabbar New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2007 About the Book 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.