| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 290 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Obba Babtunde -- Afrika Bambaataa -- Guy Bluford -- Ozwald Boateng -- Julian Bond -- Fred Brathwaite -- Eddie C. Brown -- Benjamin Carson -- Gary Coleman -- Olu Dara -- Mark Dean -- Brabara El Wilson -- Marshall Faulk -- Lolita Files -- Vonetta Flowers -- Antoine Fuqua -- Ginuwine -- Earl G. Graves -- Tim Hardaway -- Garrett and Jones, Randy Hines -- Bernard Hopkins -- Jarome Iginla -- Ja Rule -- Mae Jemison -- Etta Jones -- June Jordan -- Vernon Jordan -- George Lamming -- Kenny Lattimore -- Ramsey Lewis -- (Lil') Bow Wow -- Craig Littlepage -- Alvin Loving -- Autherine Lucy Foster -- Winnie Madikizela-Mandela -- James C. McBride -- Robert McGruder -- John McWhorter -- Mo'Nique -- Daniel Moi -- Mary Monroe -- Mya -- OutKast -- Gordon Parks -- Rosa Parks -- Deborah Roberts -- Tracee Ellis Ross -- Jessie Carney Smith -- Snoop Dogg -- Michael Strahan -- Korey Stringer -- Ron Taylor -- Sean Patrick Thomas -- William Thompson -- Dox Thrash -- Three Mo' Tenors -- Willie Thrower -- Donald Watkins -- Juan Williams -- Terrie Williams -- Charles H. Wright. |
| 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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Babtunde, Obba.
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Beatty, Talley.
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Bluford, Guion Stewart, 1942-
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Boateng, Ozwald.
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Bond, Julian, 1940-
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Brathwaite, Fred.
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Brown, Eddie C.
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Carson, Ben.
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Coleman, Gary, 1968-
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Dara, Olu.
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Dean, Mark.
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El Wilson, Barbara.
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Faulk, Marshall, 1973-
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Files, Lolita.
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Flowers, Vonetta.
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Fuqua, Antoine.
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Ginuwine, 1975-
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Graves, Earl G., 1935-
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Hardaway, Tim, 1966-
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Hines, Garrett.
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Jones, Randy.
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Hopkins, Bernard.
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Iginla, Jarome.
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Ja Rule.
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Jemison, Mae, 1956-
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Jones, Etta.
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Jordan, June, 1936-2002.
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Jordan, Vernon E. (Vernon Eulion), 1935-
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Lamming, George, 1927-
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Lattimore, Kenny.
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Lewis, Ramsey.
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Bow Wow (Musician)
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Littlepage, Craig.
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Loving, Al, 1935-
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Lucy Foster, Autherine.
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Madikizela-Mandela, Winnie.
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McBride, James C.
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McGruder, Robert.
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McWhorter, John H.
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Mo'Nique.
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Moi, Daniel Arap, 1924-
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Monroe, Mary.
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Mya.
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OutKast(Musical group)
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Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006.
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Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005.
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Roberts, Deborah.
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Ross, Tracee Ellis.
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Smith, Jessie Carney.
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Snoop, Dogg, 1972-
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Strahan, Michael, 1971-
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Stringer, Korey.
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Taylor, Ron.
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Thomas, Sean Patrick.
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Thompson, William.
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Thrash, Dox, 1892-1965.
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Three Mo' Tenors.
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Thrower, Willie.
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Watkins, Donald.
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Williams, Juan.
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Williams, Terrie.
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Wright, Charles H.
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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 35. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc., c2003 9780787663315 |
| ISBN |
9781414435633 (electronic book) |
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1414435630 (electronic book) |
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9780787663315 |
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078766331X |
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