| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 272 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Jenoyne Adams -- Lucille L. Adams-Campbell -- Mara Brock Akil -- Mohammed Naseehu Ali -- Wambui Bahati -- Mary J. Blige -- Lawrence Bobo -- James Brown -- Ursula M. Burns -- Earl Caldwell -- Cedric the Entertainer -- Janet Langhart Cohen -- Natalie Cole -- Marcia Cooke -- Michael Datcher -- Debra J. Dickerson -- Michelle Ebanks -- Mike Epps -- Adrian Fenty -- Felicia P. Fields -- Sam Fine -- Norman C. Francis -- Marilyn Hughes Gaston -- Truman K. Gibson -- Grandmaster Flash -- Ice Cube -- Mwai Kibaki -- Martin Lawrence -- A. Leon Lowry, Sr. -- Ludacris -- Rick Mahorn -- Tyron McFarlan -- Simon Nkoli -- Yannick Noah -- Kimberly Oliver -- Oguchi Onyewu -- William D. Payne -- Rodney Peete -- Freddie Perren -- Charlotte E. Ray -- Eugene Booker Record -- Constance LaMay Rice -- Paul Rusesabagina -- James Stewart, Jr. -- Sun Ra -- Jermain Taylor -- Mose Tolliver -- Allen Toussaint -- Walter J. Turnbull -- Courtney B. Vance -- Mal Whitfield -- Dudley Williams -- Jackie Wilson -- Bobby Womack -- Antoinette Wright. |
| 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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Adams, Jenoyne.
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Adams-Campbell, Lucille L.
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Akil, Mara Brock.
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Ali, Mohammed, 1971-
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Bahati, Wambui.
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Blige, Mary J.
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Bobo, Lawrence.
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Brown, James, 1933-2006.
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Burns, Ursula M.
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Caldwell, Earl.
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Cedric, the Entertainer, 1965-
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Cohen, Janet Langhart, 1941-
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Cole, Natalie, 1950-
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Cooke, Marcia.
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Datcher, Michael, 1967-
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Dickerson, Debra J., 1959-
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Ebanks, Michelle.
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Epps, Mike.
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Fenty, Adrian M.
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Fields, Felicia P.
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Fine, Sam.
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Francis, Norman C.
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Gaston, Marilyn H.
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Gibson, Truman K. (Truman Kella), 1912-2005.
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Grandmaster Flash.
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Ice Cube (Musician)
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Kibaki, Mwai,dd1931-
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Lawrence, Martin, 1965-
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Lowry, A. Leon, Sr.
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Ludacris (Rapper)
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Mahorn, Rick.
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McFarlan, Tyron.
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Nkoli, Simon, 1957-1998.
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Noah, Yannick, 1960-
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Oliver, Kimberly.
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Onyewu, Oguchi.
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Payne, William D., 1932-
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Peete, Rodney.
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Perren, Freddie.
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Ray, Charlotte E.
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Record, Eugene.
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Rice, Constance LaMay.
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Rusesabagina, Paul, 1955-
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Stewart, James, 1985-
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Sun Ra.
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Taylor, Jermain.
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Tolliver, Mose, 1920-2006.
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Toussaint, Allen.
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Turnbull, Walter J.
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Vance, Courtney B.
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Whitfield, Mal, 1924-
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Williams, Dudley, 1938-
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Wilson, Jackie.
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Womack, Bobby.
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Wright, Antoinette.
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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 60. Detroit, Mich. : Thomson Gale, c2007 9780787679323 |
| ISBN |
9781414429199 (electronic book) |
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1414429193 (electronic book) |
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9780787679323 |
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0787679321 |
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