| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 284 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Glynn R. Birch -- J. Kenneth Blackwell Sr. -- C. Michael Brae -- Toni Braxton -- Warren Brown -- William Benson Bryant -- Farai Chideya -- Mattie Moss Clark -- William F. Coleman III -- Paul Collins -- Belva Davis -- Thulani Davis -- Jerri DeVard -- Clyde Drexler -- Annie J. Easley -- Ralph Gilles -- Kevan Hall -- Anthony Hamilton -- Richard E. Harris -- Alvin Youngblood Hart -- Byron Hurt -- Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson -- Star Jones -- William A. Jones Jr. -- Benjamin Karim -- Floyd A. Keith -- Tina Knowles -- LeToya Luckett -- Derek Luke -- Shola Lynch -- Bernie Mac -- Lisa McClendon -- Juanita Millender-McDonald -- Tracy Morgan -- V. Y. Mudimbe -- Eddie Murphy -- Ngugi wa Thiong'o -- Michelle Obama -- Deval Patrick -- Randal Pinkett -- Robin Quivers -- Eddie G. Robinson -- Harold Russell Scott Jr. -- Kierra Sheard -- Mabel Smythe-Haithe -- Sommore -- Ephren W. Taylor, II -- Mickalene Thomas -- Tracie Thoms -- Cynthia Tucker -- Marta Moreno Vega -- Dwyane Wade -- Gloria E. White-Hammond -- Oprah Winfrey -- Bill Withers. |
| 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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Birch, Glynn R.
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Blackwell, J. Kenneth, 1948-
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Brae, C. Michael.
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Braxton, Toni.
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Brown, Warren.
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Bryant, William Benson.
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Chideya, Farai.
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Clark, Mattie Moss.
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Coleman, William F.
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Collins, Paul, 1936-
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Davis, Belva, 1933-
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Davis, Thulani.
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DeVard, Jerri.
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Drexler, Clyde, 1962-
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Easley, Annie J.
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Gilles, Ralph.
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Hall, Kevan.
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Hamilton, Anthony, 1971-
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Harris, Richard E.
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Hart, Alvin Youngblood, 1963-
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Hurt, Byron, 1970-
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Johnson, Katherine G.
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Jones, Star.
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Jones, William A., 1934-2006.
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Karim, Benjamin.
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Keith, Floyd A.
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Knowles, Tina.
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LeToya.
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Luke, Derek, 1974-
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Lynch, Shola.
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Mac, Bernie.
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McClendon, Lisa.
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Millender-McDonald, Juanita, 1938-2007.
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Morgan, Tracy, 1968-
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Mudimbe, V. Y., 1941-
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Murphy, Eddie, 1961-
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Ngugi wa Thiong'o, 1938-
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Obama, Michelle.
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Patrick, Deval.
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Pinkett, Randal.
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Quivers, Robin.
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Robinson, Eddie.
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Scott, Harold, 1935-2006.
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Sheard, Kierra Kiki.
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Smythe, Mabel M. (Mabel Murphy)
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Sommore.
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Taylor, Ephren W. (Ephren White), 1982-
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Thomas, Mickalene.
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Thoms, Tracie, 1975-
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Tucker, Cynthia.
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Vega, Marta Moreno.
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Wade, Dwyane, 1982-
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White-Hammond, Gloria E.
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Winfrey, Oprah.
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Withers, Bill, vocalist.
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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 61. Detroit, Mich. : Thomson Gale, c2007 9780787679330 |
| ISBN |
9781414429205 (electronic book) |
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1414429207 (electronic book) |
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9780787679330 |
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078767933X |
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