Description |
1 online resource (xi, 297 pages) : photos. |
Series |
Gale eBooks
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Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Charity Adams Earley -- Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings -- Debbie Allen -- Ethle D. Allen -- Bert Andrews -- Rose-Anne Auguste -- Nnamdi Azikiwe -- Daisy Bates -- Kuenda Bonga -- Andre Braugher -- E. Simms Campbell -- Christopher Darden -- Jermaine Dupri -- Cleo Fields -- Robert M. Franklin -- S. B. Fuller -- Mal Goode -- Stedman Graham -- Al Green -- Roosevelt Grier -- Beverly Guy-Sheftall -- Anfernee(Penny)Hardaway -- Palmer Hayden -- Aileen Clarke Hernandez -- A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. -- Dennis F. Hightower -- Grant Hill -- Jesse Hill, Jr. -- Jimmy Jam -- Etta James -- Juanita James -- Michael Johnson -- Lois Mailou Jones -- Patti LaBelle -- Tania Leon -- Byron Lewis -- Terry Lewis -- J. Bruce Llewellyn -- Albert Luthuli -- Annie Malone -- Keith Morrison -- Allen Payne -- Ana Quirot -- Helen Caldwell Day Riley -- Eslanda Goode Robeson -- Esther Rolle -- Victoria Rowell -- Charles Sampson -- Ousmane Sembene -- Ruth J. Simmons -- Jeanne C. Sinkford -- Claude Mason Steele -- Shelby Steele -- Alison Stewart -- C. Vivian Stringer -- Susie King Taylor -- Tazwell Thompson -- Chris Tucker -- Walter Turnbull -- Luther Vandross -- Sarah Vaughan -- Michele Faith Wallace -- Barry White -- O. S. Williams. |
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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Earley, Charity Adams, 1918-
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Agyeman-Rawlings Nana Konadu.
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Allen, Debbie, 1950-
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Allen, Ethel D.
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Andrews, Bert.
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Auguste, Rose-Anne.
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Azikiwe, Nnamdi, 1904-
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Bates, Daisy.
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Carvalho, Barcelode.
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Braugher, Andre.
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Campbell, E. Simms (Elmer Simms), 1906-1971.
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Darden, Christopher A.
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Dupri, Jermaine, 1972-
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Fields, Cleo.
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Franklin, Robert Michael, 1954-
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Fuller, SB, 1905-1988.
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Goode, Mal, 1908-1995.
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Graham, Stedman.
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Green, Al, 1946-
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Grier, Rosey.
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Guy-Sheftall, Beverly.
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Hardaway, Anfernee.
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Hayden, Pamler C., 1890-1973.
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Hernandez, Aileen C.
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Higginbotham, A. Leon (Aloyisus Leon), 1928-
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Hightower, Dennis F.
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Hill, Grant.
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Hill, Jesse, 1926-
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Jam, Jimmy.
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James, Etta, 1938-
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James, Juanita.
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Johnson, Michael, 1967-
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Jones, Lois Mailou.
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LaBelle, Patti.
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Leon, Tania.
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Lewis, Byron.
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Lewis, Terry, 1956-
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Llewellyn, J. Bruce.
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Luthuli, A. J. (Albert John), 1898-1967.
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Malone, Annie T, 1869-1957.
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Morrison, Keith, 1942-
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Payne, Allen.
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Quirot, Ana Fidelia, 1963-
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Riley, Helen Caldwell Day.
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Robeson, Eslanda Goode, 1896-1965.
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Rolle, Esther.
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Rowell, Victoria.
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Sampson, Charles.
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Sembene, Ousmane, 1923-2007.
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Simmons, Ruth J.
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Sinkford, Jeanne C.
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Steele, Mason.
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Steele, Shelby.
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Stewart, Alison.
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Stringer, C. Vivian.
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Taylor, Susie King, b. 1848-
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Thompson, Tazwell.
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Tucker, Chris, 1972-
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Turnbull, Walter J.
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Vandross, Luther.
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Vaughan, Sarah, 1924-1990.
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Wallace, Michele Faith.
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White, Barry, 1944-2003.
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Williams, Oswald S.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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Blacks -- Biography.
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Added Author |
Phelps, Shirelle, editor.
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Gale Group.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Contemporary Black biography, Volume 13. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc., c1997 9780787601010 |
ISBN |
9781414435411 (electronic book) |
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141443541X (electronic book) |
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9780787601010 |
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0787601012 |
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