| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 294 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Gerald Albright -- Amelia Ashley-Ward -- Count Basie -- Angela Bassett -- David Baugh -- Simeon Booker -- Charles Brown -- Erroll M. Brown -- Wesley Brown -- Geoffrey Canada -- Julia Carson -- Regina Carter -- Toni Cook -- Dolores E. Cross -- Evelyn Cunningham -- Randall Cunningham -- George E. Curry -- Valerie Daniels-Carter -- Omar Epps -- Francine Everett -- Steve Favors -- Harold P. Freeman -- Marianna Freeman -- Alvin Gentry -- Johnnie Mae Gibson -- Frank Gilliam -- Tom Goss -- Fred Hammond -- Clem Haskins -- Dorothy I. Height -- D.L. Hughley -- Sharpe James -- Yahya Jammeh -- Daymond John -- Montell Jordan -- Ahmad Tejan Kabbah -- Sandra Kitt -- Ray Lankford -- Darlene Love -- Kedar Massenburg -- Randy Moss -- Benny N. Napoleon -- Tess Osonye Onwueme -- Benjamin F. Payton -- Carolyn Peck -- Kim Perrot -- Debra A. Powell -- Kelly Price -- Ernesta Procope -- Eugene Redmond -- Rachel J. Reeves -- Robert C. Scott -- Latrell Sprewell -- Billy Taylor -- Robert Townsend -- Chris Tucker -- Leslie Uggams -- Wes Unseld -- Usher -- James L. Usry -- John Utendahl -- Fred Whitfield. |
| 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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Albright, Gerald.
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Ashley-Ward, Amelia.
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Basie, Count, 1904-1984.
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Bassett, Angela.
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Baugh, David.
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Booker, Simeon.
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Brown, Charles, 1922-1999.
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Brown,Erroll M.
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Brown, Wesley, 1945-
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Canada, Geoffrey.
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Carson, Julia.
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Carter, Regina.
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Cook, Toni.
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Cross, Dolores E.
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Cunningham, Evelyn.
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Cunningham, Randall.
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Curry, George E.
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Daniels-Carter, Valerie.
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Epps, Omar.
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Everett, Francine, 1920-
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Favors, Steve.
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Freeman, Harold P.
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Freeman, Marianna.
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Gentry, Alvin.
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Bright, Johnnie Mae, 1949-
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Gilliam, Frank.
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Goss, Tom.
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Hammond, Fred.
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Haskins, Clem.
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Height, Dorothy I. (Dorothy Irene), 1912-
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Hughley, D. L. (Darry L.), 1963-
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James, Sharpe, 1936-
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Jammeh, A. J. J.
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John, Daymond.
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Jordan, Montell.
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Tejan Kabbah, Amad, 1932-
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Kitt, Sandra.
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Lankford, Ray.
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Love, Darlene.
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Massenburg, Kedar.
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Moss, Randy.
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Napoleon, Benny.
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Onwueme, Osonye Tess.
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Payton, Benjamin Franklin, 1932-
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Peck, Carolyn.
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Perrot, Kim.
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Powell, Debra A.
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Price, Kelly.
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Procope, Ernesta.
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Redmond, Eugene.
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Reeves, Rachel J.
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Scott, Robert C.
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Sprewell, Latrell.
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Taylor, Billy, 1921.
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Townsend, Robert, 1957-
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Tucker, Chris.
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Uggams, Leslie.
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Unseld, Wes.
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Usher.
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Usry, James L.
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Utendahl, John.
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Whitfield, Fred.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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Blacks -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Oblender, David G., editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contemporary Black biography, Volume 23. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc., c2000 9780787632472 |
| ISBN |
9781414435510 (electronic book) |
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1414435517 (electronic book) |
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9780787632472 |
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0787632473 |
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