| Description |
1 online resource (x, 289 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Maurice Ashley -- Arnold Auguste -- Barry C. Black -- Homer S. Brown -- Nick Cannon -- Wilfred (George Onslow) Cartey -- Wilt Chamberlain -- Maurice Cheeks -- Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton -- Charles "Chuck" Cooper -- Michael Copeland -- Leon Dash -- Frank Marshall Davis -- Mary Pearl Dougherty -- Julius "Dr. J" Erving -- Ronald L. Fair -- Tom Feelings -- Al Green -- Samuel C. Hamilton -- Carla D. Hayden -- Francis Hendy -- Kelly Holmes -- Cowan F. "Bubba" Hyde -- Shoshana Johnson -- Kem -- Femi Kuti -- Bob Lanier -- Carl Lumbly -- Steve McNair -- S. Epatha Merkerson -- Steve Mills -- Arthur Mitchell -- Cecil Murray -- Tai Murray -- Samuel Milton Nabrit -- Christina Norman -- Charles Ogletree, Jr. -- John Pinderhughes -- Gene Anthony Ray -- Jimmy Rodriguez -- Janna Scantlebury -- Ras Shorty I -- Fred Shuttlesworth -- Walter Sisulu -- Natalie Manns Taylor -- Marsha Thomason -- Conrad Tillard -- Askia Toure -- Gene Upshaw -- Iyanla Vanzant -- Gladys Gary Vaughn -- Perry E. Wallace Jr. -- Mark Whitaker -- Ray Wilkins -- Pharrell Williams. |
| 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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Ashley, Maurice.
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Auguste, Arnold.
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Black, Barry C.
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Brown, Homer S.
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Cannon, Nick, 1980-
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Cartey, Wilfred G., 1931-
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Chamberlain, Wilt, 1936-
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Cheeks, Maurice.
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Clifton, Nat.
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Cooper, Chuck.
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Copeland, Michael.
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Dash, Leon.
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Davis, Frank Marshall, 1905-
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Dougherty, Mary Pearl.
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Erving, Julius.
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Fair, Ronald L.
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Feelings, Tom.
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Green, Al, 1946-
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Hamilton, Samuel.
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Hayden, Carla Diane, 1952-
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Hendy, Francis.
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Holmes, Kelly.
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Hyde, Cowan F.
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Johnson, Shoshana.
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Kem.
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Kuti, Femi.
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Lanier, Bob, 1948-
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Lumbly, Carl.
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McNair, Steve, 1973-
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Merkerson, S. Epatha, 1952-
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Mills, Steve.
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Mitchell, Arthur, 1934-
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Murray, Cecil.
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Murray, Tai.
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Nabrit, Samuel M., 1905-
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Norman, Christina.
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Ogletree, Charles J.
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Pinderhughes, John, 1946-
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Ray, Gene Anthony.
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Rodriguez, Jimmy.
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Scantlebury, Janna.
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Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-
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Sisulu, Walter Max.
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Shorty I, Ras.
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Taylor, Natalie Manns.
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Thomason, Marsha, 1976-
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Tillard, Conrad.
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Toureþ, Askia M.
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Upshaw, Gene.
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Vanzant, Iyanla.
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Vaughn, Gladys Gary.
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Wallace, Perry, Jr.
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Whitaker, Mark.
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Wilkins, Ray.
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Williams, Pharrell.
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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 47. Detroit, Mich. : Thomson Gale, c2005 0787667358 |
| ISBN |
9781414405469 (electronic book) |
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1414405464 (electronic book) |
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0787667358 |
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