| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 319 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Peter Abrahams -- Eula L. Adams -- Johnny Adams -- Leslie Adams -- Maurice Bishop -- Eleanor Taylor Bland -- Charles "Buddy" Bolden -- Margaret Bonds -- David Henry Bradley Jr. -- William Blackwell Branch -- Donald Brashear -- Gail Lumet Buckley -- Anita Richmond Bunkley -- Nell Carter -- Oscar Charleston -- W. Montague Cobb -- Johnnie Cochran -- Ornette Coleman -- Matel "Mat" Dawson Jr. -- William Levi Dawson -- Leon Day -- Bo Diddley -- Jack Ford -- Paul Freeman -- Nikki Giovanni -- Irv Gotti -- Darrell Green -- Arthur Hall -- Lil Hardin Armstrong -- Corey Harris -- Earl "Fatha" Hines -- Hugh Holton Jr. -- Elmer Samuel Imes -- Kenji Jasper -- Earvin "Magic" Johnson -- Robert L. Johnson -- Jonah Jones -- Sarah Jones -- Mae Street Kidd -- Beyonce Knowles -- Al Letson -- Norman Lewis -- Taj Mahal -- Dambudzo Marechera -- Jamal Mayers -- Richard Mayhew -- Bernice McFadden -- Ronald Milner -- Richard Bruce Nugent -- Cecil Pickett -- Billy Preston -- Desmond Richardson -- Donna Richardson -- Kenule Saro-Wiwa -- Percy Sledge -- Fela Sowande -- Ella Stewart -- Clark Terry -- Clarence Thomas -- Larry D. Thompson -- Asha Tyson -- Michael Vick -- Charles White -- Ellis Wilson. |
| 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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Abrahams, Peter, 1919-
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Adams, Eula L.
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Adams, Johnny.
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Adams, Leslie, 1932-
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Bishop, Maurice.
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Bland, Eleanor Taylor.
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Bolden, Buddy, 1877-1931.
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Bonds, Margaret.
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Bradley, David, 1950-
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Branch, William Blackwell.
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Brashear, Donald.
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Buckley, Gail Lumet, 1937-
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Bunkley, Anita Richmond.
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Carter, Nell.
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Charleston, Oscar.
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Cobb, W. Montague (William Montague), 1904-
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Cochran, Johnnie L., 1937-2005.
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Coleman, Ornette.
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Dawson, Matel "Mat".
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Dawson, William Levi, 1899-1990.
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Day, Leon.
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Bo Diddley, 1928-
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Ford, Jack.
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Freeman, Paul.
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Giovanni, Nikki.
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Gotti, Irv.
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Green, Darrell.
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Hall, Arthur.
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Armstrong, Lil Hardin, 1898-1971.
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Harris, Corey.
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Hines, Earl, 1903-1983.
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Holton, Hugh.
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Imes, Elmer Samuel, 1883-1941.
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Jasper, Kenji.
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Johnson, Earvin, 1959-
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Johnson, Robert L., 1946 Apr. 8-
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Jones, Jonah, 1909-2000.
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Jones, Sarah, 1974-
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Kidd, Mae Street, 1904-
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Knowles, Beyonce.
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Letson, Al.
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Lewis, Norman, 1909-1979.
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Mahal, Taj (Musician)
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Marechera, Dambudzo.
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Mayers, Jamal.
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Mayhew, Richard, 1934-
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McFadden, Bernice L.
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Milner, Ron.
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Nugent, Bruce, 1906-1987.
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Pickett, Cecil.
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Preston, Billy.
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Richardson, Desmond.
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Richardson, Donna.
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Saro-Wiwa, Ken, 1941-
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Sledge, Percy.
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Sowande, Fela, 1905-1978.
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Stewart, Ella P. (Ella Phillips), 1893-1987.
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Terry, Clark.
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Thomas, Clarence, 1948-
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Thompson, Larry Dean, 1945-
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Tyson, Asha.
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Vick, Michael, 1980-
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White, Charles, 1918-1979.
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Wilson, Ellis, 1899-1977.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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Blacks -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Henderson, Ashyia N., editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contemporary Black biography, Volume 39. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc., c2003 9780787663353 |
| ISBN |
9781414435671 (electronic book) |
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1414435673 (electronic book) |
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9780787663353 |
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0787663352 |
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