| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 263 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Clifford Alexander -- LaVern Baker -- Lem Barney -- Michael Beach -- Asha Blake -- Isaac Bruce -- John Bryant -- Jerry Butler -- Stokely Carmichael -- Rubin Carter -- Vince Carter -- Horace Cayton -- Tracy Chapman -- May Edward Chinn -- Donn Clendenon -- Bill Cosby -- Christopher Paul Curtis -- Harold Doley Jr. -- Michael Clarke Duncan -- Sean Elliott -- Mari Evans -- Henry W. Foster, Jr. -- Clarence Harmon -- Cornelius Langston Henderson -- M. William Howard, Jr. -- Milt Jackson -- Ronny Jordan -- Majorie Stewart Joyner -- Earl Lloyd -- Vicki Mabrey -- Edna Manley -- Greg Mathis -- Ralph Metcalfe -- Chante Moore -- Ernest "Dutch" Morial -- Marion Motley -- Ozzie Newsome -- Thandie Newton -- Jeffrey Osborne -- Charley Pride -- J. Saunders Redding -- Louis L. Redding -- Oscar Robertson -- Bobby Rush -- Betty Shabazz -- Horace Silver -- Barbara Sizemore -- Mary Carter Smith -- Mildred D. Taylor --Debi Thomas -- Isiah Thomas -- Bennie G. Thompson -- John W. Thompson --Morgan Tsvangirai -- A.J. Verdelle -- Benny Waters -- Melvin Watt -- Clarence Williams III -- Edwin Witt. |
| 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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Alexander, Clifford L, 1933-
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Baker, LaVern.
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Barney, Lem.
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Beach, Michael.
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Blake, Asha.
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Bruce, Isaac, 1972-
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Bryant, John, 1966-
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Butler, Jerry.
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Carmichael, Stokely.
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Carter, Rubin, 1937-
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Carter, Vince.
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Cayton, Horace R. (Horace Roscoe), 1903-1970.
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Chapman, Tracy, 1964-
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Chinn, May Edward, 1896-
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Clendenon, Donn.
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Cosby, Bill, 1937-
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Curtis, Christopher Paul.
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Doley, Harold, Jr.
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Duncan, Michael Clarke.
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Elliott, Sean.
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Evans, Mari, 1923-
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Foster, Henry W., 1933-
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Harmon, Clarence.
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Henderson, Cornelius Langston.
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Howard, M. William, Jr.
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Jackson, Milt.
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Jordan, Ronny.
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Joyner, Marjorie Stewart.
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Lloyd, Earl.
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Mabrey, Vicki.
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Manley, Edna.
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Mathis, Greg.
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Metcalfe, Ralph H.
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Moore, Chante.
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Morial, Ernest N.
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Motley, Marion.
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Newsome, Ozzie.
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Newton, Thandie, 1972-
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Osborne, Jeffrey.
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Pride, Charley.
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Redding, J. Saunders (Jay Saunders), 1906-
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Redding, Louis L.
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Robertson, Oscar, 1938-
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Rush, Bobby.
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Shabazz, Betty.
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Silver, Horace, 1928-
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Sizemore, Barbara A.
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Smith, Mary Carter.
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Taylor, Mildred D.
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Thomas, Debi.
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Thomas, Isiah, 1961-
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Thompson, Bennie G.
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Thompson, John W.
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Tsvangirai, Morgan, 1952-
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Verdelle, A. J., 1960-
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Waters, Benny.
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Watt, Melvin L., 1945-
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Williams, Clarence, 1939-
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Witt, Edwin.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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Blacks -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Oblender, Dave, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contemporary Black biography, Volume 26. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc., c2001 9780787646172 |
| ISBN |
9781414435541 (electronic book) |
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1414435541 (electronic book) |
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9780787646172 |
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0787646172 |
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