| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 278 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
George Edward Alcorn -- Benny Andrews -- Michelle Banks -- Gwendolyn B. Bennett -- Dave Bing -- Jane Matilda Bolin -- Gerald M. Boyd -- Ed Bradley -- Tyrone Brooks -- Clarence Gatemouth Brown -- Angela Burt-Murray -- Reggie Bush -- Bebe Moore Campbell -- Swin Cash -- William Jelani Cobb -- Bill Cosby -- Tony Dungy -- Katherine Dunham -- Willarda V. Edwards -- Keith M. Ellison -- Omar Epps -- Etta Zuber Falconer -- Joyce F. Garrett -- Arthur George Gaston -- Russell L. Goings, Jr. -- Farrah Gray -- Jessie Mae Hemphill -- Terrence Howard -- James Jamerson -- Liya Kebede -- Malcolm David Kelley -- Earl Klugh -- Adriane Lenox -- Gerald Levert -- Tegla Loroupe -- Vivian Malone Jones -- Kerry James Marshall -- Mark Matthews -- Dele Olojede -- Buck O'Neil -- Betty Pace -- Violet Palmer -- David A. Paterson -- Wintley Phipps -- James Pickens, Jr. -- Billy Preston -- Silas Purnell -- Rickey Smiley -- Denise L. Stinson -- Amare Stoudemire -- Gladys Quander Tancil -- Paul Tergat -- Luther Vandross -- Chris Webber -- Madie Hall Xuma. |
| 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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Alcorn, George Edward.
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Andrews, Benny, 1930-2006.
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Banks, Michelle A.
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Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981.
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Bing, Dave, 1943-
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Bolin, Jane M. (Jane Matilda), 1908-2007.
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Boyd, Gerald M.
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Bradley, Ed, 1941-2006.
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Brooks, Tyrone.
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Brown, Clarence, 1924-2005.
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Burt-Murray, Angela.
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Bush, Reggie.
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Campbell, Bebe Moore, 1950-2006.
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Cash, Swin.
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Cobb, William Jelani.
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Cosby, Bill, 1937-
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Dungy, Tony.
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Dunham, Katherine.
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Edwards, Willarda V.
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Ellison, Keith M.
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Epps, Omar.
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Falconer, Etta Zuber.
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Garrett, Joyce F.
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Gaston, A. G. (Arthur George), b. 1892.
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Goings, Russell L.
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Gray, Farrah, 1984-
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Hemphill, Jessie Mae.
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Howard, Terrence.
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Jamerson, James, 1936-1983.
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Kebede, Liya.
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Kelley, Malcolm David, 1992-
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Klugh, Earl.
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Lenox, Adriane.
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Levert, Gerald.
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Loroupe, Tegla.
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Jones, Vivian Malone.
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Marshall, Kerry James, 1955-
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Matthews, Mark.
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Olojede, Dele, 1961-
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O'Neil, Buck, 1911-2006.
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Pace, Betty.
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Palmer, Violet.
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Paterson, David A.
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Phipps, Wintley.
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Pickens, James.
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Preston, Billy.
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Purnell, Silas.
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Smiley, Rickey.
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Stinson, Denise L.
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Stoudemire, Amare.
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Tancil, Gladys Quander.
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Tergat, Paul.
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Vandross, Luther.
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Webber, Chris, 1973-
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Xuma, Madie Hall.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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Blacks -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Pendergast, Sara, editor.
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Pendergast, Tom, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contemporary Black biography, Volume 59. Detroit, Mich. : Thomson Gale, c2007 9780787679316 |
| ISBN |
9781414429182 (electronic book) |
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1414429185 (electronic book) |
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9780787679316 |
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0787679313 |
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