| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 301 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Archie A. Alexander -- Richard Allen -- Tina M. Ansa -- Pearl Bailey -- Peg Leg Bates -- Norman Beaton -- Juliann Bluitt -- Keith Boykin -- Brandy -- Sherian G. Cadoria -- Cab Calloway -- Farai Chideya -- Patrick Clark -- Hope Clarke -- Kevin Clash -- Helen Claytor -- Lucille Clifton -- Ward Connerly -- Samuel Cook -- Camille Cosby -- Helen Octavia Dickens -- Margaret Dixon -- Dr. Dre -- Teresa Edwards -- Alonzo S. Gaither -- Kevin Garnett -- Savion Glover -- F. Gary Gray -- Bryant Gumbel -- Vivian Harsh -- Erskine Hawkins -- Steven Hawkins -- Wade Henderson -- George Jackson -- Jesse Jackson Jr. -- Mannie Jackson -- Beverly Jenkins -- Elvin Jones -- Don King -- George Kirby -- Shirley A. R. Lewis -- Onnie Lee Logan -- Hulda Margaret Lyttle -- Nelson Mandela -- Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki -- Bakili Muluzi -- James Parsons -- Franklin D. Raines -- Ving Rhames -- Ray Rhodes -- Roy S. Roberts -- Sapphire -- Seal -- Tupac Shakur -- Charlotte A. Stephens -- Alma Thomas -- Rosina Tucker -- Joan Viera -- Alelia Walker -- J.C. Watts -- Alan Wheat -- Bebe Winans -- Cece Winans -- Tiger Woods -- Jean Childs 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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Alexander, Archie A.
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Allen, Richard, 1760-1831.
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Ansa, Tina McElroy.
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Bailey, Pearl.
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Bates, Peg Leg.
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Beaton, Norman, 1934-
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Bluitt, Juliann.
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Boykin, Keith.
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Brandy, 1979-
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Cadoria, Sherian G.
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Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994.
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Chideya, Farai.
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Clark, Patrick.
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Clarke, Hope.
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Clash, Kevin.
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Claytor, Helen.
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Clifton, Lucille, 1936-
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Connerly, Ward, 1939-
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Cook, Samuel DuBois, 1927-
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Cosby, Camille O. (Camille Olivia), 1944-
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Dickens, Helen Octavia.
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Dixon, Margaret.
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Dr. Dre, 1965-
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Edwards, Teresa.
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Gaither, Alonzo S.
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Garnett, Kevin, 1976-
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Glover, Savion.
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Gray, F. Gary.
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Gumbel, Bryant.
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Harsh, Vivian G.
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Hawkins, Erskine, 1914-1993.
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Hawkins, Steven.
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Henderson, Wade.
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Jackson, George, 1941-1971.
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Jackson, Jesse, 1965-
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Jackson, Mannie.
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Jenkins, Beverly, 1951-
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Jones, Elvin.
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King, Don, 1931-
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Kirby, George, 1923-1995.
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Lewis, Shirley A. R.
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Logan, Onnie Lee.
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Frazier, Hulda, 1890-1983.
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Mandela, Nelson, 1918-
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Mbeki, Thabo.
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Muluzi, Bakili.
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Parsons, James.
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Raines, Franklin D, 1949-
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Rhames, Ving, 1961-
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Rhodes, Ray.
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Roberts, Roy S.
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Sapphire, 1950-
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Seal (Musician)
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Shakur, Tupac, 1971-1996.
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Stephens, Charlotte A.
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Thomas, Alma.
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Tucker, Rosina.
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Vieira, Joao Bernardo.
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Robinson, Alelia Walker, 1885-1931.
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Watts, J. C. (Julius Caesar), 1957-
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Wheat, Alan.
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Winans, BeBe.
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Winans, CeCe.
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Woods, Tiger.
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Young, Jean Childs.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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Blacks -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Mabunda, L. Mpho, 1967- editor.
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Phelps, Shirelle, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contemporary Black biography, Volume 14. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc., c1997 9780787609535 |
| ISBN |
9781414435428 (electronic book) |
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1414435428 (electronic book) |
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9780787609535 |
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0787609536 |
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