| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 285 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Amsale Aberra -- Yolanda Adams -- Freddy Adu -- Kwame Anthony Appiah -- Pamela Lynn Carter -- John Chaney -- Joaquim Chissano -- Patricia Hill Collins -- Renee Cox -- Dieudonne -- Alvin Drew Jr-- Selita Ebanks -- Chiwetel Ejiofor -- Flavor Flav -- Henry Louis Gates Jr. -- Faure Gnassingbe -- Richard Thaddeus Greene Sr -- Herbie Hancock -- Vincent Harding -- Carla A. Harris -- Barbara Hendricks -- Mo Ibrahim -- K. Leroy Irvis -- Edison O. Jackson -- Judith Jamison -- Erich Jarvis -- Edward P. Jones -- J.M. Kariuki -- Paul Laraque -- Thomas Davies Laryea III -- John Legend -- Buck Leonard -- Elvis Mitchell -- Raila Odinga -- Sophie Okonedo -- Stanley O'Neal -- Clyde Otis -- Alvin F. Poussaint -- Shonda Lynn Rhimes -- William C. Rhoden -- Rupert Richardson -- Barbara Ross-Lee -- Afeni Shakur -- Wesley Snipes -- Frank M. Snowden Jr. -- William Spriggs -- Vanity -- Maxine Walters -- Kevin Weekes -- Forest Whitaker -- Willye White -- Tony Williams -- Fred Williamson -- Ken Wiwa -- Lynette Woodard. |
| 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. |
| 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 67. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2008 9780787695446 |
| ISBN |
9781414437880 (electronic book) |
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9780787695446 |
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