| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 294 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Floyd Adams -- Andrew C. Barrett -- Jennifer Beals -- Bill Bellamy -- Lonnie Bristow -- Marie Dutton Brown -- Zora Brown -- Eugene Bullard -- Leonard Coleman -- Albert Collins -- J. California Cooper -- Alison Davis -- Bessie Delany -- Sadie Delany -- Marilyn Ducksworth -- Cesaria Evora -- Willie Gary -- Nelson George -- Nathaniel Glover -- Lawrence Otis Graham -- Ken Griffey, Jr. -- Anthony Griffin -- Bethann Hardison -- Barbara Harris -- E. Lynn Harris -- Robert Hayden -- Larry Irving -- Shirley Ann Jackson -- Charles S. Johnson -- Amayla Kearse -- Flo Kennedy -- Chaka Khan -- Eriq LaSalle -- Maria Liberia-Peters -- Ken Lofton -- Henry Lyons -- Ali Mazrui -- Kaire Mbuende -- Lonette McKee -- Gilbert Moses -- Cecil Murray -- Eddie Murray -- Maria Mutola -- Zena Oglesby -- Chales Ogletree -- Deval Patrick -- Frederick D. Patterson -- Dennis Rodman -- Al Roker -- Patrice Rushen -- Synthia St. James -- Augusta Savage -- Leopold Sedar Senghor -- Audrey Smaltz -- Roger G. Smith -- Paul Stewart -- Sheryl Swoopes -- Frank Thomas -- C. Delores Tucker -- Patrice C. Washington -- Val Washington -- Perry Watkins -- Dorothy West -- Conrad Worrill. |
| 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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Adams, Floyd.
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Barrett, Andrew C.
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Beals, Jennifer.
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Bellamy, Bill, 1965-
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Bristow, Lonnie.
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Brown, Marie Dutton.
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Brown, Zora K.
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Bullard, Eugene Jacques, 1894-1961.
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Coleman, Leonard S.
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Collins, Albert, 1932-1993.
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Cooper, J. California.
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Davis, Alison.
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Delany, Annie Elizabeth, 1891-1995.
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Delany, Sarah Louise, 1889-1999.
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Ducksworth, Marilyn.
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Evora, Cesaria.
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Gary, Willie, 1947-
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George, Nelson.
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Glover, Nathaniel.
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Graham, Lawrence.
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Griffey, Ken, Jr.
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Griffin, Anthony.
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Hardison, Bethann.
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Harris, Barbara.
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Harris, E. Lynn.
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Hayden, Robert.
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Irving, Larry.
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Jackson, Shirley Ann, 1946-
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Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956.
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Kearse, Amayla.
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Kennedy, Florynce, 1916-2000.
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Khan, Chaka.
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LaSalle, Eriq, 1962-
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Liberia-Peters, M. Ph.
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Lofton, Kenny, 1967-
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Lyons, Henry.
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Mazrui, Ali Al'Amin.
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Mbuende, Kaire.
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McKee, Lonette.
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Moses, Gilbert.
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Murray, Cecil.
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Murray, Eddie.
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Mutola, Maria.
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Oglesby, Zena.
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Ogletree, Charles J.
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Patrick, Deval.
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Patterson, Frederick D. (Frederick Douglass), 1901-1988.
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Rodman, Dennis, 1961-
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Roker, Al, 1954-
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Rushen, Patrice.
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Saint James, Synthia.
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Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962.
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Senghor, Leopold Sedar, 1906-2001.
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Smaltz, Audrey.
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Smith, Roger Guenveur.
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Stewart, Paul.
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Swoopes, Sheryl.
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Thomas, Frank, 1968-
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Tucker, C. Delores.
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Washington, Patrice C.
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Washington, Val.
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Watkins, Perry.
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West, Dorothy, 1907-1998.
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Worrill, Conrad Walter, 1941-
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African Americans -- Biography.
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Blacks -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Shirelle, Phelps, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contemporary Black biography, Volume 12. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc., c1996 9780787601003 |
| ISBN |
9781414435404 (electronic book) |
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1414435401 (electronic book) |
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9780787601003 |
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0787601004 |
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