| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 288 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Sharif Ahmed -- Susana Baca -- Peggielene Bartels -- Carrie Best -- Ali Ben Bongo -- Ernest Brown -- James Cameron -- Frederick Chiluba -- Alice Coles -- Cardiss Collins -- Camille Cosby -- Oscar Stanton De Priest -- Shirley Franklin -- Dorothy J. Gaiter -- Eddie George -- Haile Gerima -- George Gervin -- Angela Griffin -- Bryant Gumbel -- Marc Lamont Hill -- Lubna Hussein -- Hank Johnson -- Bill T. Jones -- Teresa King -- Marie Knight -- Myron Lowery -- Lawrence Lucie -- Jenny Lumet -- Govan A. Mbeki -- Tracy McGrady -- George Alexander McGuire -- M.C. Hammer -- Leatrice McKissack -- Zakes Mokae -- J.O. Patterson, Jr. -- Fayette Pinkney -- Sol T. Plaatje -- Trevor Rhone -- Dovey Roundtree -- RZA -- Betye Saar -- Marina Silva -- Bruce Smith -- Steely -- Koko Taylor -- Robert Robinson Taylor -- Burl Toler -- Kara Walker -- Wyatt Tee Walker -- Kim Wayans -- Cornel West -- Armond White -- Claude Williams -- Juan Williams -- Harry Wills. |
| Summary |
Provides informative biographical profiles of the important and influential persons of African American and/or black heritage. Covers persons of various nationalities in a wide variety of fields, including architecture, art, business, dance, education, fashion, film, industry, journalism, law, literature, medicine, music, politics and government, publishing, religion, science and technology, social issues, sports, television, theater, and others. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Biography.
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Blacks -- Biography.
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African American leadership.
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African American athletes.
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Athletes, Black.
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African American artists.
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Artists, Black.
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African American businesspeople.
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Businesspeople, Black.
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African American politicians.
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African American religious leaders.
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African American authors.
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Authors, Black.
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African American musicians.
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Musicians, Black.
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African American actors.
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Actors, Black.
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| Added Author |
Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contemporary Black biography, Volume 80. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2010 9781414446011 (DLC) 92660014 |
| ISBN |
9781414456973 (electronic book) |
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1414456972 (electronic book) |
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9781414446011 |
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1414446012 |
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