| 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 |
Osceola Macarthy Adams -- Theodore Berry -- Kurtis Blow -- Elton Brand -- Jesse Leroy Brown -- Kobe Bryant -- Solomon Burke -- Stephen Burrows -- Juanita Bynum -- Naomi Campbell -- Morris Chestnut -- Bootsy Collins -- Common -- Marvel Cooke -- Michael Cooper -- Carl Craig -- Damon Dash -- Craig David -- Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds -- Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott -- Dale Emeagwali - Jacqui Frazier-Lyde -- Joe Gilliam -- Pam Grier -- Buddy Guy -- Mary Styles Harris -- Charlayne Hunter-Gault -- Ice T -- Monte Irvin -- Earl Jackson -- Rodney Jerkins -- Mat Johnson -- Betty Lennox -- Lester L. Lyles -- Helen Martin -- Jesse L. Martin -- Felicia Mason -- Marietou Mbaye -- Michael Michele -- DeLisha Milton -- Lofton Mitchell -- Garrett Morris -- Ave Muhammad -- Khallid Muhammad -- Frank E. Petersen -- Homer Adolph Plessy -- Kevin Powell -- Awadagin Pratt -- Gina Prince-Bythewood -- Busta Rhymes -- Run DMC -- Deion Sanders -- Shaggy -- Cheryl Shavers -- Norman "Turkey" Stearnes -- Angie Stone -- Billy Strayhorn -- Guy Torry -- Gabrielle Union -- Hosea Williams -- Natalie Williams -- Saul Williams -- Charlie Wilson -- Eldrick "Tiger" Woods. |
| 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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Adams, Osceola Macarthy.
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Berry, Theodore M (Theodore Moody), 1905-
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Blow, Kurtis.
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Brand, Elton.
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Brown, Jesse Leroy.
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Bryant, Kobe, 1978-
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Burke, Solomon.
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Burrows, Stephen.
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Bynum, Juanita.
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Campbell, Naomi.
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Chestnut, Morris.
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Collins, Bootsy.
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Common, A. K. (Alan K.)
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Cooke, Marvel.
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Cooper, Michael.
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Craig, Carl.
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Dash, Damon, 1971-
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David, Craig, 1981-
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Babyface (Musician)
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Elliott, Missy.
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Emeagwali, Dale.
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Frazier-Lyde, Jacqui.
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Gilliam, Joe.
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Grier, Pam, 1949-
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Guy, Buddy.
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Harris, Mary Styles.
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Hunter-Gault, Charlayne.
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Ice T (Musician)
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Irvin, Monte, 1919-
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Jackson, Earl.
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Jerkins, Rodney.
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Johnson, Mat, 1971-
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Lennox, Betty.
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Lyles, Lester L.
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Martin, Helen, 1909-2000.
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Martin, Jesse L.
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Mason, Felicia.
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Bugul, Ken.
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Michele, Michael.
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Milton, DeLisha.
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Mitchell, Lofton.
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Morris, Garrett, 1937-
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Muhammad, Ave.
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Muhammad, Khallid.
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Petersen, Frank E.
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Plessy, Homer Adolph.
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Powell, Kevin, 1966-
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Pratt, Awadagin.
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Prince-Bythewood, Gina.
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Rhymes, Busta (Musician)
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Run-D. M. C.(Musical group)
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Sanders, Deion.
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Shaggy (Musician)
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Shavers, Cheryl.
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Stearnes, Turkey.
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Stone, Angie.
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Strayhorn, Billy.
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Torry, Guy.
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Union, Gabrielle.
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Williams, Hosea, 1926-
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Williams, Natalie.
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Williams, Saul.
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Wilson, Charlie, 1953-
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Wood, Tiger.
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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 31. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc., c2002 9780787652821 |
| ISBN |
9781414435596 (electronic book) |
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1414435592 (electronic book) |
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9780787652821 |
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0787652822 |
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