| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 269 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Charity Adams Earley -- Afrika Bambaataa -- Phoebe Beasley -- Angela Benson -- Mary J. Blige -- Donald Bogle -- Barry Bonds -- Brandy -- Loretta Claiborne -- Alvin Curling -- Bernard Dadie -- Viola Davis -- Louis Delsarte -- Mattiwilda Dobbs -- Mercedes Ellington -- Shirley Clarke Franklin -- Corey Glover -- Lenn Hammond -- Ben Harper -- Michael S. Harper -- Claire Harris -- Laurence Holder -- India.Arie -- Julius Isaac -- Paulin Joachim -- Merlakia Jones -- Kwame Kilpatrick -- Boris Kodjoe -- Lenny Kravitz -- KRS-One -- Rachel Manley -- Branford Marsalis -- Mary Mary -- William G. Mays -- Brian McKnight -- MC Lyte -- Harryette Mullen -- Suzan-Lori Parks -- Renee Powell -- Vernon Reid -- Fatima Robinson -- Darius Rucker -- Jonas Savimbi -- Stuart Scott -- Sly & Robbie -- Trixie Smith -- David E. Talbert -- Karin Taylor -- TLC -- Hezekiah Walker -- Muddy Waters -- Dondi White -- Van Whitefield -- Venus Williams -- Sylvia Woods -- Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. |
| 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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Earley, Charity Adams, 1918-
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Afrika Bambaataa, 1960-
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Beasley, Phoebe, 1943-
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Benson, Angela.
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Blige, Mary J.
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Bogle, Donald.
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Bonds, Barry, 1964-
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Brandy, 1979-
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Claiborne, Loretta.
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Curling, Alvin.
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Dadie, Bernard.
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Davis, Viola.
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Delsarte, Louis.
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Dobbs, Mattiwilda.
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Ellington, Mercedes.
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Franklin, Shirley Clarke.
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Glover, Corey.
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Hammond, Lenn.
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Harper, Ben, 1969-
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Harper, Michael S., 1938-
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Harris, Claire, 1937-
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Holder, Laurence.
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India.Arie.
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Isaac, Julius.
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Joachim, Paulin.
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Jones, Merlakia.
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Kilpatrick, Kwame M., 1970-
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Kodjoe, Boris, 1973-
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Kravitz, Lenny.
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KRS-One (Musician)
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Manley, Rachel.
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Marsalis, Branford.
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Mary, Mary (Musical group)
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Mays, William G.
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McKnight, Brian, 1969-
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MC Lyte.
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Mullen, Harryette Romell.
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Parks, Suzan-Lori.
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Powell, Renee.
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Reid, Vernon.
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Robinson, Fatima.
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Rucker, Darius.
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Savimibi, Jonas Malheiro.
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Scott, Stuart.
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Sly & Robbie.
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Smith, Trixie, 1895-1943.
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Talbert, David E.
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Taylor, Karin.
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TLC.
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Walker, Hezekiah.
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Waters, Muddy, 1915-1983.
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White, Dondi, 1961-
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Whitfield, Van.
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Williams, Venus.
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Woods, Sylvia.
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Zuma, Nkosazana.
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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 34. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc., c2002 9780787660499 |
| ISBN |
9781414435626 (electronic book) |
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1414435622 (electronic book) |
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9780787660499 |
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0787660493 |
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