| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 286 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Barbara Jean Acklin -- Ashley & JaQuavis -- Cynthia Baldwin -- Azealia Banks -- Tiki Barber -- W. Kamau Bell -- Big Youth -- Riddick Bowe -- James Bracken and Vivian Bracken -- St. Elmo Brady -- Mike Brown -- Cadillacs -- Wahida Clark -- Emanuel Cleaver II -- Keisha Cole -- Romeo Crennel -- Victor Cruz -- D'banj -- Kevin Durant -- Gary Gibbons -- Robert Griffin III -- Anthony Hemingway -- Al Horford -- Sly James -- Edward Austin Johnson -- Gloria Johnson-Powell -- Key & Peele -- Pete La Roca -- NeNe Leakes -- Little Anthony & the Imperials -- William Marshall -- Charles Harrison Mason -- Tom Mboya -- Dikembe Mutombo -- Samia Yusuf Omar -- Omarion -- Babatunde Osotimehin -- Charley Patton -- The Penguins -- Esther Phillips -- Franklin Raines -- Tim Raines -- Craig Robinson -- Isha Sesay -- Hugh Shearer -- Matthew Shipp -- Lovie Smith -- Willie Smith -- Otis Spann -- Freddie Stowers -- John Tate -- Masai Ujiri -- William E. Ward -- Kenny Washington -- Kerry Washington. |
| 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 107. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2013 9781414489261 |
| ISBN |
9781414489353 (electronic book) |
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1414489358 (electronic book) |
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9781414489261 |
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1414489269 |
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