| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 285 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
50 Cents -- Carmelo Anthony -- Amy Du Bois Barnett -- Marguerite Ross Barnett -- Bernard B. Beal -- Cecil M Brown -- John M. Burgess -- Benjamin Caldwell -- Benny Carter -- Barbara Chase-Riboud -- Mary Coleman -- Margaret J. Cooper -- Leon-Gontran Damas -- Jeff Donaldson -- Jermaine Dupri -- James A. Emanuel -- Calvin Forbes -- Willie E. Gary -- Helene D. Gayle -- Marshall Gilmore -- Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre -- Cecil N. Hayes -- Clarence "Frogman" Henry -- Harold Hurtt -- Allen Iverson -- LeBron James -- Marianne Jean-Baptiste -- Fergie Jenkins -- Bill T. Jones -- Ed "Too Tall" Jones -- Jayne Harrison Kennedy-Overton -- Leon G. Kerry -- Sam Lacy -- Bertram M. Lee Sr. -- Adrian Lester -- John Lewis -- Randall Maxey -- James Madison McGee -- Dorothy Rudd Moore -- Lewis Nkosi -- Ronald K. Noble -- Ron O'Neal -- Percy Pierre -- Iris Rideau -- Randall Robinson -- Maya Rudolph -- Pernessa Seele -- Marvin and Morgan Smith -- Ruben Studdard -- Regina Taylor -- Cleopatra Vaughns -- Joscelyn Wainwright -- Lloyd Ward -- Kerry Washington -- Robert C. Weaver. |
| 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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50 Cents (Musician)
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Anthony Carmelo, 1984-
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Barnett, Amy DuBois.
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Barnett, Marguerite Ross.
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Beal, Bernard B.
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Brown, Cecil, 1943-
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Burgess, John M.
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Caldwell, Benjamin.
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Carter, Benny.
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Chase-Riboud, Barbara.
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Coleman, Mary.
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Cooper, Margaret J.
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Damas, Leon-Gontran, 1912-1978.
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Donaldson, Jeff, 1932-
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Dupri, Jermaine, 1972-
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Emanuel, James A.
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Calvin, Forbes, 1945-
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Gary, Willie, 1947-
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Gayle, Helene D.
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Gilmore, Marshall.
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Grand-Pierre, Jean-Luc.
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Haynes, Cecil N.
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Henry, Clarence, 1937-
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Hurtt, Harold.
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Iverson, Allen, 1975-
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James, LeBron.
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Jean-Baptiste, Marianne.
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Jenkins, Fergie, 1943-
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Jones, Bill T.
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Jones, Ed "Too Tall".
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Kennedy-Overton, Jayne Harrison.
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Kerry, Leon G.
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Lacy, Sam, 1903-
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Lee, Bertram.
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Lester, Adrian.
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Lewis, John.
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Maxey, Randall Whitaker, 1941-
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McGee, James Madison.
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Moore, Dorothy Rudd, 1940-
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Nkosi, Lewis.
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Noble, Ronald K.
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O'Neal, Ron.
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Pierre, Percy.
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Rideau, Iris.
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Robinson, Randall, 1941-
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Rudolph, Maya.
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Seele, Pernessa.
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Smith, Marvin, 1910-2003.
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Smith, Morgan, 1910-1993.
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Studdard, Ruben.
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Taylor, Regina.
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Vaughns, Cleopatra.
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Wainwright, Joscelyn.
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Ward, Lloyd.
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Washington, Kerry, 1977-
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Weaver, Robert Clifton, 1907-
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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 46. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc., c2005 9780787667344 |
| ISBN |
9780787693787 (electronic book) |
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0787693782 (electronic book) |
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9780787667344 |
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078766734X |
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