| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 342 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Dennis Archer -- Marion S. Barry -- Mary Frances Berry -- Charles F. Bolden, Jr. -- Surya Bonaly -- Freeman Bosley Jr. -- Willie L. Brown, Jr. -- Joaquim Chissano -- Septima Clark -- Barbara-Rose Collins -- Lansana Conte -- Bill Cosby -- Gail Devers -- Father Divine -- Howard Dodson, Jr. -- Aaron Douglas -- Charles Richard Drew -- David C. Driskell -- Ralph Ellison -- Gnassingbe Eyadema -- Jessie Fauset -- James Forman -- Ernest J. Gaines -- Louis Gossett, Jr. -- Lani Guinier -- Haile Selassie -- Alice Harris -- Robin Harris -- David Hilliard -- Whitney Houston -- Albert and Allen Hughes -- Judith Jamison -- Carl Jones -- Elaine R. Jones -- June Jordan -- B.B. King -- Yaphet Kotto -- Delano Lewis -- John Lucas -- Haki R. Madhubuti -- Paule Marshall -- Robert C. Maynard -- Benjamin E. Mays -- Oscar Micheaux -- Jean Moutoussamy-Ashe -- Jes Mowry --Dikembe Mutombo -- Melchior Ndadaye -- Elanor Holmes Norton -- Alan Page -- Satchel Paige -- Pele -- Mike Powell -- Bernice Johnson Reagon -- Randall Robinson -- David Satcher -- Betty Shabazz -- Emmitt Smith -- Mabel K. Staupers -- Isiah Thomas -- Emmett Till -- Cicely Tyson -- Blair Underwood -- Melvin Van Peebles -- Madame C. J. Walker -- T. J. Walker -- Ethel Waters -- Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. -- Maggie Williams -- August Wilson -- Sunnie Wilson. |
| 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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Archer, Dennis.
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Barry, Marion, 1936-
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Berry, Mary Frances.
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Bolden, Charles, 1946-
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Bonlay, Surya, 1973-
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Bosley, Freeman.
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Brown, Willie L.
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Chissano, Joaquim Alberto, 1939-
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Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987.
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Collins, Barbara-Rose, 1939-
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Conte, Lansana.
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Cosby, Bill, 1937-
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Devers, Gail, 1966-
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Divine, Father.
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Dodson, Howard.
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Douglas, Aaron.
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Drew, Charles Richard, 1904-1950.
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Driskell, David.
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Ellison, Ralph.
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Eyadema, Gnassingbe.
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Fauset, Jessie Redmon.
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Forman, James, 1928-2005.
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Gaines, Ernest J, 1933-
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Gossett, Louis, 1936-
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Guinier, Lani.
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Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975.
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Harris, Alice.
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Harris, Robin, 1953-1990.
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Hillard, David.
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Houston, Whitney.
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Hughes, Albert.
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Jamison, Judith.
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Jones, Carl.
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Jones, Elaine R.
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Jordan, June, 1936-2002.
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King, B. B.
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Kotto, Yaphet F., 1944-
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Lewis, Delano.
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Lucas, John.
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Madhubuti, Haki R., 1942-
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Marshall, Paule, 1929-
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Maynard, Robert C.
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Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984.
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Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951.
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Moutoussamy-Ashe, Jeanne, 1951-
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Mowry, Jess, 1960-
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Mutombo, Dikembe.
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Ndadaye, Melchoir, 1953-1993.
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Norton, Eleanor Homes.
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Page, Alan C.
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Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982.
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Pele, 1940-
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Powell, Mike.
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Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-
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Robinson, Randall.
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Satcher, David, 1941-
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Shabazz, Betty.
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Smith, Emmitt, 1969-
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Staupers, Mabel Keaton, 1890-
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Thomas, Isiah, 1961-
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Till, Emmett, 1941-1955.
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Tyson, Cicely.
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Underwood, Blair.
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Peebles, Melvin Van, 1932-
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Walker, Madame C. J.
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Walker, T. J.
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Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977.
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Wharton, Clifton R, 1926-
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Williams, Maggie.
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Wilson, August.
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Wilson, Sunnie, 1908-
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African Americans -- Biography.
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Blacks -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Bigelow, Barbara C., editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contemporary Black biography, Volume 7. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc., c1994 9780810385597 |
| ISBN |
9781414435350 (electronic book) |
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1414435355 (electronic book) |
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9780810385597 |
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0810385597 |
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