| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 262 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Carl Anderson -- Kofi Atta Annan -- Anita Baker -- Fred "Rerun" Berry -- Andrew F. Brimmer -- Ella Bully-Cummings -- Mickey Burnim -- Aime Cesaire -- Ray Charles -- Lorraine Cole -- Wanda Coleman -- PonJola Coney -- David Dabydeen -- Charles T. Davis -- Ernie Davis -- Ronald and Rony Delice -- Georgia Dunston -- Christopher Edley -- Christopher F. Edley, Jr. -- Gladys Edmunds -- Sarah Webster Fabio -- Elton Fax -- Allyson Felix -- Ray Fleming -- Marie Foster -- Jamie Foxx -- George Grace -- Lorenz Graham -- Samuel Greenlee -- Robert Guillaume -- Alphonso Jackson -- Major L. Jemison -- Levi Johnson -- Sheila Crump Johnson -- John A. Kenney -- Georges Laraque -- Risa Lavizzo-Mourey -- Thomas Mensah -- Azie Taylor Morton -- Andrea Nelson Meigs -- John J. Oliver, Jr. -- Helen Owens -- John Payton -- Malika Sanders -- Kurt Schmoke -- "Little" Jimmy Scott -- Howard "Sandman" Sims -- Vincent D. Smith -- Mathew St. Patrick -- Wanda Sykes -- Luther Vandross -- Ozzie Virgil -- Bill White -- L. Douglas Wilder -- Andrew Young. |
| Summary |
Provides informative biographical profiles of the important and influential persons of African American and/or black heritage. Covers persons of various nationalities in a wide variety of fields, including architecture, art, business, dance, education, fashion, film, industry, journalism, law, literature, medicine, music, politics and government, publishing, religion, science and technology, social issues, sports, television, theater, and others. |
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Anderson, Carl, 1945-
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Annan, Kofi A. (Kofi Atta)
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Baker, Anita.
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Berry, Fred.
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Brimmer, Andrew F.
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Bully-Cummings, Ella.
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Burnim, Mickey.
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Cesaire, Aimeþ.
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Charles, Ray, 1930-
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Cole, Lorraine T.
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Coleman, Wanda.
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Coney, PonJola.
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Dabydeen, David.
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Davis, Charles T. (Charles Twitchell), 1918-1981.
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Davis, Ernie, 1939-1963.
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Delice, Ronald and Rony.
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Dunston, Georgia M.
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Edley, Christopher F., 1928-
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Edley, Christopher F., 1953-
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Edmunds, Gladys.
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Fabio, Sarah Webster, 1928-
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Fax, Elton C.
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Felix, Allyson.
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Fleming, Ray.
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Foster, Marie.
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Foxx, Jamie.
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Grace, George.
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Graham, Lorenz B.
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Greenlee, Sam, 1930-
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Guillaume, Robert.
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Jackson, Alphonso.
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Jemison, Major L.
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Johnson, Levi.
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Johnson, Sheila C.
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Kenney, John A., 1914-
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Laraque, George.
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Lavizzo-Mourey, Risa.
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Mensah, Thomas O., 1950-
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Morton, Azie Taylor, 1936-2003.
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Nelson Meigs, Andrea.
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Oliver, John J.
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Payton, John.
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Sanders, Malika.
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Schmoke, Kurt L.
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Scott, Jimmy, 1925-
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Sims, Sandman.
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Smith, Vincent, 1929-
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St. Patrick, Mathew, 1969-
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Sykes, Wanda, 1964-
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Vandross, Luther.
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Virgil, Ozzie.
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White, Bill.
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Wilder, Doug.
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Young, Andrew, 1932-
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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 48. Detroit, Mich. : Thomson Gale, c2005 0787667366 |
| ISBN |
9781414405476 (electronic book) |
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1414405472 (electronic book) |
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0787667366 |
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