| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 328 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Jaramogi Abebe Agyeman -- Toni Cade Bambara -- Anthony Barboza -- Albert Belle -- Sterling Brown -- Donald Byrd -- Katie Cannon -- Mary Eugenia Charles -- Cardiss Collins -- George Crockett, Jr. -- Drews S. Days, III -- Dr. Dre -- Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds -- James Reese Europe -- Curt Flood -- E. Franklin Frazier -- Thelma Golden -- Ed Gordon -- Joe Greene -- Moses Gunn -- Ken Hamblin -- Virginia Hamilton -- Marc Hannah -- James C. Hayes -- Essex Hemphill -- Jimi Hendrix -- Star Jones -- E. J. Josey -- Karl Kani -- Maulana Karenga -- Dennis Kimbro -- Dexter King -- Samuel L. Kountz -- Kravitz, Lenny -- Nella Larsen -- Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot -- Kathryn D. Leary -- Kenny Leon -- Edmonia Lewis -- Alain Locke -- Ed Lover -- Manning Marable -- Souleymane Mboup -- Jewell Jackson McCabe -- Charles McGee -- Cheryl Miller -- Constance Baker Motley -- Robert Gabriel Mugabe -- Khallid Abdul Muhammad -- Lenda Murray -- Gloria Naylor -- Pat Norman -- Samuel Nujoma -- Jada Pinkett -- David Thomas Pitt -- Deborah Prothrow-Stith -- Eddie G. Robinson -- Joshua Smith -- Malidoma Patrice Some -- Car B. Stokes -- Susan L. Taylor -- Charleszetta (Mother) Waddles -- Albertina Walker -- Fredi Washington -- Carl Weathers -- Veronica Webb -- James Lesesne Wells -- Pernell Whitaker -- Evelyn Williams -- Nancy Wilson -- Robert L. Woodson. |
| Summary |
Biographical profiles of important and influential persons of African heritage who form the international black community. Covers persons of various nationalities in a wide variety of fields providing coverage of names found in today's headlines as well as selected individuals from earlier in this century whose influence continues to have an impact on contemporary life. |
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Agyeman, Jaramogi Abebe.
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Bambara, Toni Cade.
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Barboza, Anthony, 1944-
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Belle, Albert, 1966-
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Brown, Sterling Allen, 1901-
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Byrd, Donald, 1949-
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Cannon, Katie.
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Charles, Mary Eugenia.
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Collins, Cardiss.
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Crockett, George W.
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Days, Drew S.
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Dr. Dre, 1965-
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Babyface (Musician)
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Europe, James Reese, 1881-1919.
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Flood, Curt, 1938-1997.
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Frazier, Edward Franklin, 1894-1962.
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Golden, Thelma.
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Gordon, Ed.
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Greene, Joe (Charles Edward)
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Gunn, Moses, 1929-
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Hamblin, Ken.
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Hamilton, Virginia, 1936-2002.
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Hannah, Marc Regis.
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Hayes, James C.
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Hemphill, Essex.
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Hendrix, Jimi.
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Jones, Star.
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Josey, E. J., 1924-
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Kani, Karl.
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Everett-Karenga, Ron N., 1941-
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Kimbro, Dennis Paul, 1950-
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King, Dexter, 1961-
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Kountz, Samuel L., 1930-
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Kravitz, Lenny.
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Larsen, Nella, 1891-1964.
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Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara, 1944-
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Leary, Kathryn D.
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Leon, Kenny.
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Lewis, Edmonia.
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Locke, Alain LeRoy, 1886-1954.
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Ed Lover.
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Marable, Manning, 1950-
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Mboup, Souleymane.
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McCabe, Jewel Jackson.
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McGee, Charles, 1924-
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Miller, Cheryl.
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Motley, Constance Baker, 1921-
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Mugabe, Robert Gabriel, 1924-
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Muhammad, Khallid Abdul.
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Murray, Lenda.
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Naylor, Gloria.
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Norman, Pat.
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Nujoma, Sam.
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Smith, Jada Pinkett, 1971-
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Pitt, David Thomas.
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Prothrow-Stith, Deborah, 1954-
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Robinson, Eddie G.
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Smith, Joshua.
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Some, Malidoma Patrice, 1956-
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Stokes, Carl B.
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Taylor, Susan.
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Waddles, Charleszetta, 1912-
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Walker, Albertina.
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Washington, Fredi, 1903-1994.
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Weathers, Carl.
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Webb, Veronica.
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Wells, James Lesesne, 1902-1993.
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Whitaker, Pernell.
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Williams, Evelyn.
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Wilson, Nancy Sue, 1937-
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Woodson, Robert L.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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Blacks -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Mabunda, L. Mpho, 1967- editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contemporary Black biography, Volume 10. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc., c1996 9780810393189 |
| ISBN |
9781414435381 (electronic book) |
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141443538X (electronic book) |
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9780810393189 |
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0810393182 |
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