| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 295 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Ambrose Akinmusire -- Don Barksdale -- Fatou Bensouda -- Bob Boozer -- Jodie Christian -- Coolio -- Pete Cosey -- Clamma Dale -- Tadd Dameron -- Wade Davis, Jr. -- Martin Dihigo -- Leo Dillon -- Carl Everett -- Cedric B. Glover -- Danny Glover -- LZ Granderson -- Cee Lo Green -- Kevin Hart -- Toots Hibbert -- Harold K. Hoskins -- Jackson 5 -- Jay-Z -- Adam Jones -- David Kato -- Salva Kiir Mayardit -- Rodney King -- Ladysmith Black Mambazo -- Fred Luter, Jr. -- Loretta E. Lynch -- John Dramani Mahama -- Branford Marsalis -- Willie McCovey -- Teodoro Obiang -- Eddie Perkins -- Lee Perry -- Tyler Perry -- Clarke Peters -- Mekhi Phifer -- Skip Pitts -- The Ravens -- Jerry Reese -- Susan Rice -- Craig Robinson -- Denis Sassou-Nguesso -- Samuel Sharpe -- Teofilo Stevenson -- Dioncounda Traore -- Natasha Trethewey -- Dwyane Wade -- Maxine Waters -- James Wheaton -- Belita Woods -- Cheyenne Woods -- Chalky Wright -- Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. |
| 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 |
Mazurkiewicz, Margaret, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contemporary Black biography, Volume 103. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2013 9781414480701 |
| ISBN |
9781414481951 (electronic book) |
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1414481950 (electronic book) |
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9781414480701 |
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1414480709 |
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