| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 263 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ralph David Abernathy -- Maya Angelou -- Arthur Ashe -- James Baldwin -- Amiri Baraka -- Regina Belle -- Manute Bol -- Omar Bongo -- Gwendolyn Brooks -- Lee P. Brown -- Dorothy Brunson -- Naomi Campbell -- Benjamin Carson -- Joe Clark -- Constance Clayton -- Sharon Pratt Dixon -- Forest J. Farmer -- Fela -- George Foreman -- Grant Fuhr -- Harvey Gantt -- Marcus Garvey -- Dizzy Gillespie -- Carole Gist -- Danny Glover -- Berry Gordy, Jr. -- Earl G. Graves -- Dick Gregory -- Gregory Hines -- Billie Holiday -- Jesse Jackson -- Mae C. Jemison -- Ben Johnson -- Charles R. Johnson -- Bill T. Jones -- Ahmed (Mathieu) Kerekou -- Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Jennifer Lawson -- Joie Lee -- Nelson Mandela -- Thurgood Marshall -- Hugh Masekela -- Erroll McDonald -- Lori McNeil -- Mobutu Sese Seko --Daniel Moi -- Thelonious Monk -- Garrett Morgan -- Ali Hassan Mwinyi -- Youssou N'Dour -- Gordon Parks -- Rosa Parks -- Anna Perez -- Colin Powell -- Leontyne Price -- Queen Latifah -- Ola Rotimi -- Carl T. Rowan -- Barry Sanders -- Kurt Schmoke -- Art Shell -- Russell Simmons -- Sinbad -- Henry Ossawa Tanner --Alice Walker -- Herschel Walker -- Sippie Wallace -- Denzel Washington -- Bill White -- Malcolm X -- Coleman Young. |
| 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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Abernathy, Ralph David, 1926-1990.
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Angelou, Maya.
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Ashe, Arthur.
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Bladwin, James, 1924-1987.
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Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-
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Belle, Regina.
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Bol, Manute.
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Bongo, Omar, 1935-
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Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000.
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Brown, Lee P.
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Brunson, Dorothy.
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Campbell, Naomi.
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Carson, Benjamin.
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Clark, Joe, 1939-
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Clayton, Constance.
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Kelly, Sharon Pratt, 1944-
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Farmer, Forest J.
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Fela, 1938-1997.
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Foreman, George, 1949-
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Fuhr, Grant, 1962-
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Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
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Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940.
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Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993.
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Gist, Carole.
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Glover, Danny.
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Gordy, Berry.
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Graves, Earl G., 1935-
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Gregory, Dick.
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Hines, Gregory.
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Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959.
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Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
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Jemison, Mae C.
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Johnson, Ben.
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Johnson, Charles Richard, 1948-
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Jones, Bill T.
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Kerekou, Mathieu, 1933-
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
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Lawson, Jennifer, 1945-
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Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-
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Mandela, Nelson, 1918-
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Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993.
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Masekela, hugh, 1939-
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McDonald, Erroll, 1954-
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McNeil, Lori.
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Mobutu Sese Seko, 1930-1997.
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Moi, Daniel Arap, 1924-
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Monk, Thelonious.
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Morgan, Garrett A., 1877-1963.
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Mwinyi, Ali Hassan, 1925-
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N'Dour, Youssou.
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Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006.
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Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005.
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Perez, Anna.
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Powell, Colin L.
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Price, Leontyne.
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Latifah, Queen.
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Rotimi, Ola.
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Rowan, Carl T. (Carl Thomas), 1925-2000.
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Sanders, Barry, 1968-
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Schmoke, Kurt L.
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Shell, Art.
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Simmons, Russell.
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Sinbad, 1956-
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Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859-1937.
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Walker, Alice, 1944-
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Walker, Herschel.
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Wallace, Sippie.
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Washington, Denzel, 1954-
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White, Bill.
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X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.
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Young, Coleman A.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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Blacks -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
LaBlanc, Michael L., editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contemporary Black biography, Volume 1. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc., c1992 9780810355460 |
| ISBN |
9781414435299 (electronic book) |
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1414435290 (electronic book) |
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9780810355460 |
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0810355469 |
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