| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 282 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Johnny Ace -- Dennis Archer -- Ahsa Bandele -- Helen Baylor -- James "Cool Papa" Bell -- Mongo Beti -- Paul Blair -- Bobby "Blue" Bland -- Kamau Brathwaite -- Sheila Bridges -- Glinda Bridgforth -- Hydeia Broadbent -- Willard Brown -- Colin Channer -- Kenneth Chenault -- Angella Christie -- Cyrus J. Colter -- Andrew W. Cooper -- Ray Dandridge -- Lee Daniels -- George Davis -- Guy Davis -- Arnold Donald -- Kim Fields -- Gloria Gaynor -- Evelyn Boyd Granville -- Hans Hageman -- Ivan Hageman -- James Haskins -- Holland-Dozier-Holland -- Sherri Howard -- John Jackson -- Buddy Johnson -- R. M. Johnson -- Emmanuel Lewis -- Little Milton -- Little Walter -- Lisa Lopes -- Glenn Loury -- Rosalyn McMillan -- Georgia McMurray -- Carrie Meek -- Stephanie Mills -- Sharon Mitchell -- Mo', Keb -- Kerenga Kofi Moyo -- Yvette Jackson Moyo -- Babatunde Olatunji -- Sidney Poitier -- A.C. Reed -- Shaun Robinson -- Rod Rodgers -- Ilyasah Shabazz -- Lorna Simpson -- David L. Steward -- Lalita Tademy -- Aisha Tyler -- Malcolm Jamal Warner -- Rita Coburn Whack -- Clifton Reginald Wharton Sr. -- Deniece Williams -- Angie Winans -- Debbie Winans. |
| 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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Ace, Johnny.
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Archer, Dennis.
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Bandele, Asha.
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Baylor, Helen.
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Bell, James "Cool Papa".
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Beti, Mongo, 1932-2001.
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Blair, Paul.
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Bland, Bobby.
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Brathwaite, Kamau, 1930-
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Bridges, Sheila.
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Bridgforth, Glinda, 1952-
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Broadbent, Hydeia, 1984-
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Brown, Willard.
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Channer, Colin.
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Chenault, Kenneth.
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Christie, Angella.
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Colter, Cyrus.
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Cooper, Andrew W.
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Dandridge, Ray (Raymond Emmitt)
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Daniels, Lee.
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Davis, George, 1939-
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Davis, Guy, 1952-
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Donald, Arnold.
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Fields, Kim, 1969-
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Gaynor, Gloria.
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Granville, Evelyn B.
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Hageman, Hans.
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Hageman, Ivan.
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Haskins, James, 1941-
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Holland-Dozier-Holland.
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Howard, Sherri.
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Jackson, John.
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Johnson, Buddy.
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Johnson, R. M.
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Lewis, Emmanuel.
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Little Milton.
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Little Walter, 1930-1968.
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Lopes, Lisa.
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Loury, Glenn.
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McMillan, Rosalyn.
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McMurray, Georgia L.
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Meek, Carrie.
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Mills, Stephanie, 1957-
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Mitchell, Sharon.
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Keb'Mo' (Musician)
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Moyo, Kerenga Kofi.
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Moyo, Yvette Jackson.
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Olatunji, Babatunde.
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Poitier, Sidney.
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Reed, A. C.
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Robinson, Shaun.
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Rodgers, Rod.
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Shabazz, Ilyasah.
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Simpson, Lorna, 1960-
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Steward, David L.
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Tademy, Lalita.
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Tyler, Aisha.
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Warner, Malcolm-Jamal.
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Whack, Rita Coburn, 1958-
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Wharton, Clifton R. (Clifton Reginald), 1899-1990.
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Williams, Deniece.
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Winans, Angie.
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Winans, Debbie.
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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 36. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc., c2003 9780787663322 |
| ISBN |
9781414435640 (electronic book) |
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1414435649 (electronic book) |
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9780787663322 |
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0787663328 |
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