| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 260 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Bryon Allen -- Vanessa Bell Armstrong -- Richard Arrington -- Patti Austin -- Sanford D. Bishop Jr. -- Lloyd Boston -- Corrine Brown -- Lee Patrick Brown -- Victoria Buckley -- Bebe Moore Campbell -- Anson Carter -- Donald A. Coleman -- Nathan G. Conyers -- Elijah E. Cummings -- Danny K. Davis -- Ed Davis -- Loretta Devine -- Julian C. Dixon -- Mel Farr -- Jeff Friday -- Danny Glover -- Elliott S. Hall -- Margaret A. Haywood -- Willie W. Herenton -- Oliver W. Hill -- Earl F. Hilliard -- Darlene Clark Hine -- Chamique Holdsclaw -- Earl Ofari Hutchinson -- Allen Iverson -- Harvey Johnson Jr. -- Barry Larkin -- Roy Lassiter -- Queen Ester Marrow -- Mase -- Fred McGriff -- Don Newcombe -- Nell Irvin Painter -- Tony Perkins -- W. Randall Pinkston -- Bud Powell -- Richard Pryor -- David Robinson -- Paul Silas -- Sheila Violet Makate Sisulu -- Jane E. Smith -- Wesley Snipes -- Juanita Kidd Stout -- John F. Street -- Tamia -- Dorothy A. Terrell -- Stephanie Tubbs Jones -- Walter C. Watkins Jr. -- Vickie Winans. |
| 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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Allen, Bryon, 1961-
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Armstrong, Vanessa Bell.
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Arrington, Richard.
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Austin, Patti.
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Bishop, Sanford, D., Jr.
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Boston, Lloyd.
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Brown Corrine.
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Brown, Lee Patrick.
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Buckley, Victoria (Vikki)
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Campbell, Bebe Moore, 1950-2006.
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Carter, Anson.
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Coleman, Donald A.
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Conyers, Nathan G.
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Cummings, Elijah E.
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Davis, Danny K.
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Davis, Ed.
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Devine, Loretta.
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Dixon, Julian C., 1934-2000.
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Farr, Mel.
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Friday, Jeff.
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Glover, Danny.
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Hall, Elliott S.
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Haywood, Margaret A. (Margaret Austin), 1912-
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Herenton, W. W. (Willie W.), 1943-
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Hill, Oliver W, 1907-
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Hilliard, Earl F.
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Hine, Darlene Clark.
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Holdsclaw, Chamique.
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Hutchinson, Earl Ofari.
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Iverson, Allen, 1975-
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Johnson, Harvey, Jr.
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Larkin, Barry.
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Lassiter, Roy.
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Marrow, Esther.
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Mase (Vocalist)
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McGriff, Fred.
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Newcombe, Don, 1926-
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Painter, Nell Irvin.
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Perkins, Tony.
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Pinkston, W. Randall.
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Powell, Bud.
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Pryor, Richard.
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Robinson, David, 1965-
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Silas, Paul.
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Sisulu, Sheila Violet Makate.
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Smith, Jane E.
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Snipes, Wesley.
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Stout, Juanita Kidd, 1919-1998.
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Street, John F.
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Tamia, 1976-
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Terrell, Dorothy A.
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Jones, Stephanie Tubbs, 1949-
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Watkins, Walter C., Jr.
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Winans, Vickie.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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Blacks -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Phelps, Shirelle, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contemporary Black biography, Volume 24. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc., c2000 9780787632489 |
| ISBN |
9781414435527 (electronic book) |
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1414435525 (electronic book) |
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9780787632489 |
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0787632481 |
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