| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 291 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Robert Sengstacke Abbott -- Laila Ali -- Wilmer Ames -- Vivian Brown -- Hazel V. Carby -- Butch Carter -- Warrick L. Carter -- Kenny Clarke -- Milton Creagh -- Andrae Crouch -- D Angelo -- Keith David -- Martin R. Delany -- Amadou Diallo -- Eric Dickerson -- Jerry Dunn -- Nuruddin Farah -- Evelyn J. Fields -- Rick Fox -- Leonard Freeman -- Yvette Freeman -- Arthur Fuller -- Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller -- M. Gasby Greely -- Maurice Greene -- Cathy Hughes -- Jesse Jackson -- Jay-Z -- Derek Jeter -- Star Jones -- William July II -- Oona King -- Woodie King Jr. -- Sanaa Lathan -- Martin Lawrence -- Lennox Lewis -- LisaRaye -- Ronald Mason Jr. -- H. Carl McCall -- Diane McKinney-Whetstone -- Gus McLeod -- W. Deen Mohammed -- Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson -- Ernestine Cleveland Reems -- Triette Lipsey Reeves -- Lionel Richie -- Joe Rogers -- Charlemae Hill Rollins -- Charles Ross - Diana Ross -- Don Ross -- Richard Roundtree -- Briana Scurry -- Lowery Stokes Sims -- Anne Spencer -- Candi Staton -- Tina Turner -- Tyrese -- Blair Underwood -- Michael Warren -- John H. White -- Fannie Barrier Williams -- John A. 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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Abbott, Robert Sengstacke.
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Ali, Laila.
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Ames, Wilmer, 1949-
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Brown, Vivian.
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Carby, Hazel V.
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Carter, Butch.
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Carter, Warrick L.
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Clarke, Kenny, 1914-1985.
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Creagh, Milton.
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Crouch, Andrae.
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D'Angelo, 1974-
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David, Keith.
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Delany, Martin Robison, 1812-1885.
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Diallo, Amadou, 1975-1999.
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Dickerson, Eric, 1960-
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Dunn, Jerry.
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Farah, Nuruddin, 1945-
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Fields, Evelyn J.
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Fox, Rick.
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Freeman, Leonard.
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Freeman, Yvette.
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Fuller Arthur.
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Fuller, Meta Warrick, 1877-1968.
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Greely, Margaret.
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Greene, Maurice.
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Hughes, Cathy.
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Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
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Jay-Z, 1970-
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Jeter, Derek, 1974-
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Jones, Star.
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July, William.
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King, Oona.
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King, Woodie.
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Lathan, Sanaa.
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Lawrence, Martin, 1965-
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Lewis, Lennox, 1965-
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LisaRaye, 1966-
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Mason, Ronald, Jr.
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McCall, H. Carl.
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McKinney-Whetstone, Diane.
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McLeod, Gustavus A.
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Muhammad, Warith Deen, 1933-
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Peterson, Marvin Hannibal.
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Reems, Ernestine Cleveland.
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Reeves, Triette Lipsey.
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Richie, Lionel.
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Rogers, Joe.
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Rollins, Charlemae Hill.
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Ross, Charles, 1957-
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Ross, Diana, 1944-
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Ross, Don.
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Roundtree, Richard, 1942-
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Scurry, Briana, 1971-
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Sims, Lowery Stokes.
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Spencer, Anne, 1882-1975.
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Staton, Candi.
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Turner, Tina.
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Tyrese.
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Underwood, Blair.
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Warren, Michael, 1946-
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White, John H., 1945-
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Williams, Fannie Barrier.
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Williams, John A.
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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 27. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc., c2001 9780787646189 |
| ISBN |
9781414435558 (electronic book) |
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141443555X (electronic book) |
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9780787646189 |
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0787646180 |
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