| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 276 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Tommy Amaker -- John Amos -- Angela Bassett -- Sanford Biggers -- Golden Brooks -- Mehcad Brooks -- George Leslie Brown -- Rosemary Brown -- Rae Dawn Chong -- Mayme Agnew Clayton -- Donald Coleman -- Tony Corley -- Merrin Dungey -- Paris Michele Finner-Williams -- Morgan Freeman -- Tyrese Gibson -- Adele Givens -- Malcolm Gladwell -- Cuba Gooding, Jr. -- Juanita Long Hall -- Larry Leon Hamlin -- Ben Harper -- Kimberly N. Holland -- Willie Hutch -- Charles H. James, III -- Avery Johnson -- Doris W. Jones -- Leon Kintaudi -- Debra L. Lee -- Kingsley Leggs -- Mark Mallory -- Theresa Maxis -- Audra McDonald -- Dwayne McDuffie -- Elizabeth Nunez -- Paula Patton -- Rosemary Sadlier -- Ousmane Sembene -- Portia Simpson Miller -- Ian Smith -- Dakota Staton -- Marshall W. Taylor -- Susan C. Taylor -- Augustine Tolton -- Lance Tooks -- Chris Tucker -- Charles Wesley Turnbull -- Bobby Valentino -- Andre Ward -- Isaiah Washington -- Joyce Wein -- Kehinde Wiley -- Venus Williams -- Wendy Williams -- Kristal Brent Zook. |
| 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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Amaker, Tommy.
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Amos, John, 1939-
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Bassett, Angela.
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Biggers, Sanford.
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Brooks, Golden.
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Brooks, Mehcad.
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Brown, George Leslie.
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Brown, Rosemary, 1930-
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Chong, Rae Dawn.
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Clayton, Mayme A.
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Coleman, Donald, 1952-
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Corley, Tony.
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Dungey, Merrin.
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Finner-Williams, Paris M. (Paris Michele), 1951-
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Freeman, Morgan.
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Tyrese.
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Givens, Adele.
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Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-
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Gooding, Cuba, 1968-
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Hall, Juanita, 1901-1968.
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Hamlin, Larry Leon.
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Harper, Ben, 1969-
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Holland, Kim N.
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Hutch, Willie.
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James, Charles Howell.
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Johnson, Avery, 1965-
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Jones, Doris.
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Kintaudi, Leon.
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Lee, Debra L.
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Leggs, Kingsley.
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Mallory, Mark.
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Maxis, Theresa.
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McDonald, Audra.
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McDuffie, Dwayne.
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Nunez, Elizabeth.
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Patton, Paula.
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Sadlier, Rosemary.
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Sembene, Ousmane, 1923-2007.
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Simpson Miller, Portia.
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Smith, Ian, 1969-
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Staton, Dakota.
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Taylor, Major, 1878-1932.
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Taylor, Susan C.
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Tolton, Augustine, 1854-1897.
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Tooks, Lance.
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Tucker, Chris, 1972-
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Turnbull, Charles Wesley.
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Valentino, Bobby, 1980-
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Ward, Andre.
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Washington, Isaiah.
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Wein, Joyce, 1928-2005.
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Wiley, Kehinde.
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Williams, Venus, 1980-
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Williams, Wendy, 1964-
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Zook, Kristal Brent.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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Blacks -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Pendergast, Sara, editor.
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Pendergast, Tom, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contemporary Black biography, Volume 62. Detroit, Mich. : Thomson Gale, c2007 9780787679347 |
| ISBN |
9781414429212 (electronic book) |
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1414429215 (electronic book) |
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9780787679347 |
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0787679348 |
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