| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 328 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
King Sunny Ade -- Rod Adkins -- Valerie Amos -- Alvin Aubert -- Regina Harris Baiocchi -- Frank W. Ballance -- Hank Ballard -- Ronde Barber -- Barry Beckham -- James Berry -- Jesse Brown -- Ashley F. Bryan -- Joye Maureen Carter -- Xam Wilson Cartier -- Reginal G. Clemmons -- Clarence Clemons -- Arthur P. Davis -- Artur Davis -- Gary Davis -- Mike Davis -- Larry Doby -- Henry Dumas -- Alice Allison Dunnigan -- Ibrahim Ferrer -- Bill Fletcher Jr. -- Elson S. Floyd -- Brenda Gaines -- Addison Gayle Jr. -- Bruce S. Gordon -- Ida (Nelson Rollins) Gray -- Lionel Hampton -- Leroy Rountree Hassell Sr. -- Hal Jackson -- Maynard Jackson -- Georgia Douglas Johnson -- Thomas W. Jones -- Edith Lefel -- Denise Majette -- Jeff Majors -- Jonathan Mariner -- Ziggy Marley -- Delfeayo Marsalis -- Derrick May -- Leslie A. Mays -- Kendrick Meek -- Kweisi Mfume -- Tim Montgomery -- Gilbert Earl Patterson -- Jada Pinkett Smith -- Josephine Premice -- Condace L. Pressley -- Linda Johnson Rice -- David Scott -- Nina Simone -- Lynne Thigpen -- Gloria Jean Wade-Gayles -- Diane Watson -- Damon Wayans -- Barry White -- Serena Williams. |
| 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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Ade, Sunny.
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Adkins, Rod.
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Amos, Valerie.
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Aubert, Alvin.
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Baiocchi, Regina Harris.
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Ballance, Frank W.
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Ballard, Hank.
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Barber, Ronde, 1975-
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Beckham, Barry, 1944-
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Berry, James.
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Brown, Jesse, 1944-
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Bryan, Ashley F.
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Carter, Joye Maureen.
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Cartier, Xam Wilson.
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Clemmons, Reginal G.
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Clemons, Clarence.
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Davis, Arthur Paul, 1904-
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Davis, Artur.
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Davis, Gary.
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Davis, Mike.
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Doby, Larry.
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Dumas, Henry, 1934-1968.
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Dunnigan, Alice Allison, 1906-1983.
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Ferrer, Ibrahim, 1927-2005.
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Fletcher, Bill, Jr.
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Floyd, Elson S.
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Gaines, Brenda.
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Gayle, Addison, 1932-
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Gordon, Bruce S.
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Gray, Ida "Nelson Rollins".
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Hampton, Lionel.
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Hassell, Leroy Rountree.
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Jackson, Hal.
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Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003.
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Johnson, Georgia Douglas Camp, 1886-1966.
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Jones, Thomas W.
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Lefel, Edith.
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Majette, Denise.
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Majors, Jeff.
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Mariner, Jonathan.
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Marley, Ziggy.
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Marsalis, Delfeayo.
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May, Derrick, 1963-
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Mays, Derrick.
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Mays, Leslie A.
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Meek, Kendrick.
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Mfume, Kweisi.
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Montgomery, Tim.
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Patterson, G. E (Gilbert Earl), 1939-2007.
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Smith, Jada Pinkett, 1971-
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Premice, Josephine.
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Pressley, Condace L.
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Rice, Linda Johnson.
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Scott, David, 1946-
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Simone, Nina, 1933-2003.
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Thigpen, Lynne.
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Gayles, Gloria Jean Wade.
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Watson, Diane.
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Wayans, Damon.
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White, Barry, 1944-2003.
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Williams, Serena, 1981-
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African Americans -- Biography.
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Blacks -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Henderson, Ashyia N., editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contemporary Black biography, Volume 41. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc., c2004 9780787667290 |
| ISBN |
9781414435695 (electronic book) |
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141443569X (electronic book) |
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9780787667290 |
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0787667293 |
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