| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 287 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Shareef Abdur-Rahim -- Barbara Arnwine -- Maxine Baker -- Jacquelyn Barrett -- Eric Benet -- MaVynee Betsch -- Paul Biya -- Robert Blackburn -- Ruthie Bolton-Holifield -- Donna Britt -- Gwendolyn Brooks -- Jonathan Bulter -- Alexa Canady -- Rosalind Cash -- Chubby Checker -- Jimmy Cliff -- Michael B. Coleman -- Deborah Cox -- DMX -- Billy Eckstine -- Aprille Ericsson-Jackson -- Simon Estes -- Ezola Foster -- Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant -- David Alan Grier -- Florence Griffith-Joyner -- Alvin Harrison -- Calvin Harrison -- Bessie Head -- Rickey Henderson -- Whitney Houston -- Michelle Howard -- Gwen Ifill -- Larry Johnson -- Rodney Van Johnson -- Willie Jolley -- Kwadwo Agymah Kamau -- Bernard Kincaid -- Preston King -- Jacob Lawrence -- Ananda Lewis -- Lil' Kim -- Aaron McGruder -- Penny Mickelbury -- Trish Millines Dziko -- Undine Smith Moore -- Greg Morris -- Ethel L. Payne -- Colin Powell -- Pokey Reese -- Antonio "L.A." Reid -- Condoleezza Rice -- Gale Sayers -- Bernard Shaw -- Barbara Smith -- Greg Smith -- Lawrence Steele -- Martha Jean Steinberg -- Lynn Swann -- Art Tatum -- Donna E. Trotter -- Mike Tyson -- Mary Wells -- Mary Wilson -- Jawole Zollar. |
| 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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Abdur-Rahim, Shareef.
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Arnwine, Barbara.
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Baker, Maxine.
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Barrett, Jacquelyn.
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Benet, Eric.
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Betsch, MaVynee.
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Biya, Paul, 1933-
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Blackburn, Robert Hamilton, 1920-
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Bolton-Holifield, Ruthie, 1967-
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Britt, Donna.
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Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000.
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Butler, Jonathan.
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Canady, Alexa.
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Cash, Rosalind.
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Checker, Chubby, 1941-
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Cliff, Jimmy, 1948-
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Coleman, Michael B.
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Cox, Deborah, 1974-
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D M X.
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Eckstine, Billy.
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Ericsson-Jackson, Aprille.
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Estes, Simon.
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Foster, Ezola, 1938-
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Grant, Gwendolyn Goldsby.
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Grier, David Alan, 1955 Feb. 14-
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Griffith Joyner, Florence Delorez, 1960-1998.
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Harrison, Alvin.
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Harrison, Calvin.
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Head, Bessie, 1937-1986-
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Henderson, Rickey, 1958-
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Houston, Whitney.
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Howard, Michelle.
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Ifill, Gwen.
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Johnson, Larry, 1969-
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Johnson, Rodney Van.
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Jolley, Willie.
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Kamau, Kwadwo Agymah.
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Kincaid, Bernard.
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King, Preston T, 1936-
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Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000.
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Lewis, Ananda.
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Lil' Kim.
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McGruder, Aaron.
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Mickelbury, Penny, 1948-
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Millines Dziko, Trish.
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Moore, Undine S.
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Morris, Greg.
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Payne, Ethel L.
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Powell, Colin L.
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Reese, Pokey.
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Reid, Antonio "L. A."
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Rice, Condoleezza, 1954-
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Sayers, Gale, 1943-
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Shaw, Bernard, 1940-
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Smith, Barbara, 1946-
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Smith, Greg, 1964-
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Steele, Lawrence.
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Steinberg, Martha Jean.
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Swann, Lynn.
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Tatum, Art, 1910-1956.
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Trotter, Donne E.
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Tyson, Mike, 1966-
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Wells, Mary.
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Wilson, Mary, 1944-
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Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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Blacks -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Henderson, Ashyia N., editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contemporary Black biography, Volume 28. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc., c2001 9780787646196 |
| ISBN |
9781414435565 (electronic book) |
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1414435568 (electronic book) |
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9780787646196 |
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0787646199 |
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