| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 283 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Preston Bailey -- Jerome Bettis -- Sterling Allen Brown -- Eugene Byrd -- Pearl Cleage -- Michael Clemons -- Lucille Clifton -- Janet Collins -- Anne Cools -- George W. Crockett, Jr. -- Jerald Daemyon -- Helen Octavia Dickens -- DMX -- George Duggins -- Tracey Edmonds -- James Farmer -- Larry R. Felix -- Lupe Fiasco -- Tsegaye Kawessa Gabre-Medhin -- Eric Gaskins -- Patrick A. Griffith -- Kamala D. Harris -- Russel L. Honore -- Felix Houphouet-Boigny -- Michael Irvin -- J Moss -- Jamea Jackson -- Alex Jones -- Lou Jones -- Clark Kellogg -- Ernie Ladd -- LaSalle Leffall -- James Lesure -- Reginald Lloyd -- Sidney Lowe -- Sandy McCarthy -- Angela McGlowan -- Vernice Miller-Travis -- Nazr Mohammed -- Milton Nascimento -- ZZ Packer -- Jim Parker -- Laval Perry -- Ron Prince -- Cheryl Rodriguez -- Pharoah Sanders -- Velma Scantlebury-White -- Bill Spiller -- Claudia Lynn Thomas -- Gloria E.A. Toote -- Kirk Whalum -- will.i.am -- Preston Warren Williams II -- Elisabeth Withers-Mendes. |
| 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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Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-
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Bailey, Preston.
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Bettis, Jerome.
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Brown, Sterling Allen, 1901-
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Byrd, Eugene, 1975-
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Cleage, Pearl.
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Clemons, Michael, 1965-
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Clifton, Lucille, 1936-
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Collins, Janet.
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Cools, Anne.
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Crockett, George W.
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Daemyon, Jerald.
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Dickens, Helen Octavia.
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D M X.
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Duggins, George.
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Edmonds, Tracey E.
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Farmer, James, 1920-
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Felix, Larry R.
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Fiasco, Lupe.
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Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin.
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Gaskins, Eric.
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Griffith, Patrick A.
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Harris, Kamala D.
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Honore, Russel L.
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Houphouet-Boigny, Felix, 1905-1993.
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Irvin, Michael, 1966-
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Moss, J.
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Jackson, Jamea.
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Jones, Alex, Catholic deacon.
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Jones, Lou.
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Kellogg, Clark.
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Ladd, Ernie.
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Leffall, LaSalle D.
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Lesure, James.
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Lloyd, Reginald.
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Lowe, Sidney, 1960-
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McCarthy, Sandy.
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McGlowan, Angela.
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Miller-Travis, Vernice.
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Mohammed, Nazr.
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Nascimento, Milton, 1942-
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Packer, ZZ.
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Parker, Jim, 1934-2005.
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Perry, Laval.
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Prince, Ron.
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Rodriguez, Cheryl Rene, 1952-
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Sanders, Pharoah.
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Scantlebury-White, Velma.
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Spiller, Bill.
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Thomas, Claudia Lynn.
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Toote, Gloria E. A.
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Whalum, Kirk.
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Will.i.am.
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Williams, Preston Warren.
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Withers-Mendes, Elisabeth.
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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 64. Detroit, Mich. : Thomson Gale, c2007 9780787695415 |
| ISBN |
9781414437859 (electronic book) |
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1414437854 (electronic book) |
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9780787695415 |
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0787695416 |
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