| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 284 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Margaret Walker Alexander -- Sadie T. M. Alexander -- Tina Allen -- Jamal Anderson -- Benny Andrews -- Emmett Ashford -- Erykah Badu -- Thurbert Baker -- Robert Bell -- George Benson -- Billy Blanks -- Jane Bolin -- James Brown -- Steve Bullock -- Karen Clark-Sheard -- Suzan D. Johnson Cook -- Charles Dutton -- Melvin Edwards -- Brian Ellerbe -- Darryl Evans -- Faith Evans -- Laurence Fishburne -- Josh Gibson -- JoJo Hailey -- K-Ci Hailey -- Kadeem Hardison -- Marques Haynes -- Anna Arnold Hedgeman -- Freeman A. Hrabowski III -- Billy Hunter -- Jonathan Lee Iverson -- Alexine Clement Jackson -- Hazel Johnson -- Roy Jones Jr. -- Eddie Kendricks -- Barbara King -- Regina King -- Annie Francis Lee -- Hughie Lee-Smith -- Gerald Levert -- Frankie Lymon -- Bella Marshall -- Robert McGruder -- Steve McNair -- Florence Mills -- Olusegun Obasanjo -- Teddy Pendergrass -- Dottie Peoples -- Glenda Price -- Sharon Robinson -- Spottswood W. Robinson III -- Chris Rock -- John L. Smith -- Darryl Strawberry -- H. Patrick Swygert -- Annice Wagner -- Malcolm-Jamal Warner -- Dinah Washington -- Jesse White -- Doug Williams -- Mykelti Williamson -- William Julius Wilson. |
| 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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Walker, Margaret, 1915-1998.
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Alexander, Sadie Tanner Mossell, 1898-1989.
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Allen, Tina, 1955-
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Anderson, Jamal.
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Andrews, Benny, 1930-2006.
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Ashford, Emmett, 1914-1980.
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Badu, Erykah.
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Baker, Thurbert E.
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Bell, Robert.
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Benson, George, 1943-
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Blanks, Billy.
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Bolin, Jane M. (Jane Matilda), 1908-2007.
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Brown, James.
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Bullock, Steve.
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Clark-Sheard, Karen.
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Johnson Cook, Suzan D. (Suzan Denise), 1957-
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Dutton, Charles S.
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Edwards, Melvin, 1937-
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Ellerbe, Brian.
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Evans, Darryl.
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Evans, Faith, 1973-
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Fishburne, Larry.
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Gibson, Josh, 1911-1947.
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JoJo, 1971-
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Hailey, K-Ci.
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Hardison, Kadeem.
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Haynes, Marques.
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Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990.
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Hrabowski, Freeman A.
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Hunter, Billy.
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Iverson, Jonathan Lee.
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Jackson, Alexine Clement.
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Johnson, Hazel.
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Jones, Roy, 1969-
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Kendricks, Eddie.
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King, Barbara Lewis.
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King, Regina.
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Lee, Annie Francis.
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Lee-Smith, Hughie.
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Levert, Gerald.
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Lymon, Frankie.
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Marshall, Bella.
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McGruder, Robert.
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McNair, Steve, 1973-
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Mills, Florence, 1896-1927.
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Obasanjo, Olusegun.
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Pendergrass, Teddy.
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Peoples, Dottie.
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Price, Glenda D.
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Robinson, Sharon, 1950-
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Robinson III, Spottswood W.
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Rock, Chris.
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Smith, John L.
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Strawberry, Darryl.
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Swygert, H. Patrick.
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Wagner, Annice Marie, 1937-
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Warner, Malcolm-Jamal.
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Washington, Dinah, 1924-1963.
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White, Jesse, 1934-
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Williams, Doug, 1955-
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Williamson, Mykelti.
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Wilson, William J., 1935-
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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 22. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc., c1999 9780787624194 |
| ISBN |
9781414435503 (electronic book) |
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1414435509 (electronic book) |
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9780787624194 |
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0787624195 |
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