| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 282 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Muhammad Ali -- Marian Anderson -- Louis Armstrong -- Romare Bearden -- Guy Bluford -- Julian Bond -- Ed Bradley -- Thomas Bradley -- Andrew F. Brimmer -- Elizabeth Catlett -- Shirley Chisholm -- George Clements -- Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. -- Ronald Dellums -- Christopher Edley -- Harry Edwards -- James Farmer -- Louis Farrakhan -- Cecil Fielder -- Redd Foxx -- Gary Franks -- Morgan Freeman -- Zina Garrison -- Marvin Gaye -- Jasmine Guy -- Patricia Roberts Harris -- Dorothy I. Height -- Matthew Henson -- Benjamin L. Hooks -- Maynard Jackson -- John E. Jacob -- Franklin G. Jenifer -- Beverly Johnson -- Robert Johnson -- Kenneth Kaunda -- Mickey Leland -- John Lewis -- Robert L. Little -- Joseph E. Lowery -- Miriam Makeba -- Winnie Mandela -- Curtis Mayfield -- Sharon McPhail -- Roger Milla --Arthur Mitchell -- Toni Morrison -- Milton Nascimento -- Huey Newton -- Hakeem Olajuwon -- Jesse Owens -- Donald M. Payne -- William Raspberry -- Sylvia Rhone -- Willy T. Ribbs -- Lloyd Richards -- Paul Robeson -- Jonas Savimbi -- Amos Sawyer -- Benard Shaw -- John Singleton -- Thomas Sowell -- Clarence Thomas -- Mario Van Peebles -- Majorie Judith Vincent -- Marsha Warfield -- Forest Whitaker -- Roger Wilkins -- Daniel Hale Williams -- Paul Winfield -- Oprah Winfrey -- Carter G. Woodson. |
| 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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Ali, Muhammad, 1875 Dec.-1951.
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Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993.
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Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971.
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Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988.
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Bluford, Guion Stewart, 1942-
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Bond, Julian, 1930-
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Bradley, Ed, 1941-2006.
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Bradley, Thomas, 1597-1670.
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Brimmer, Andrew, 1745-1833.
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Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915-
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Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005.
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Clements, George.
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Davis, Benjamin O. (Benjamin Oliver), 1912-2002.
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Dellums, Ronald V., 1935-
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Edley, Christopher F., 1928-
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Edwards, Harry, 1942-
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Farmer, James, 1920-
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Farrakhan, Louis.
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Fielder, Cecil, 1963-
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Foxx, Redd, 1922-1991.
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Franks, Gary.
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Freeman, Morgan.
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Garrison, Zina, 1963-
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Gaye, Marvin.
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Guy, Jasmine.
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Harris, Patricia, 1924-1985.
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Height, Dorothy I. (Dorothy Irene), 1912-
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Henson, Matthew.
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Hooks, Benjamin L. (Benjamin Lawson), 1925-
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Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003.
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Jacob, John E.
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Jenifer, Franklyn G., 1939-
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Johnson, Beverly.
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Johnson, Robert.
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Kaunda, Kenneth D. (Kenneth David), 1924-
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Leland, Mickey.
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Lewis, John.
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Little, Robert, 1938-
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Lowery, Joseph (Joseph E.)
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Makeba, Miriam.
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Mandela, Winnie.
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Mayfield, Curtis.
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McPhail, Sharon.
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Milla, Roger.
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Mitchell, Arthur, 1934-
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Morrison, Toni.
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Nascimento, Milton, 1942-
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Newton, Huey.
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Olajuwon, Hakeem.
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Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980.
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Payne, Donald M.
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Raspberry, William.
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Rhone, Sylvia.
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Ribbs, Willy T.
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Richards, Lloyd.
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Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.
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Savimbi, Jonas.
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Sawyer, Amos.
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Shaw, Bernard, 1940-
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Singleton, John, 1968-
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Sowell, Thomas, 1930-
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Thomas, Clarence, 1948-
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Van Peebles, Mario.
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Vincent, Marjorie Judith.
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Warfield, Marsha.
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Whitaker, Forest.
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Wilkins, Roger, 1932-
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Williams, Daniel Hale, 1856-1931.
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Winfield, Paul.
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Winfrey, Oprah.
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Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950.
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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 2. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc., c1992 9780810385542 |
| ISBN |
9781414435305 (electronic book) |
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1414435304 (electronic book) |
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9780810385542 |
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0810385546 |
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