Series |
Gale virtual reference library
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Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Francis Cardinal Arinze -- Clarence Avant -- Radcliffe Bailey -- Halle Berry -- Pasteur Bizimungu -- Donald Brown -- Michelle Byrd -- Shirley Caesar -- Kimberly Camp -- Betty Carter -- Don Cheadle -- James Cleveland -- John Coltrane -- Randy Crawford -- Scatman Crothers -- Piper Davis -- Beauford Delaney -- Dorothy Donegan -- Will Downing -- Ramona Hoage Edelin -- Roberta Flack -- Joe Frazier -- Charles Freeman -- Donald Goines -- Marita Golden -- Denyce Graves -- Necia Desiree Harkless -- Jay Harris -- Sherman Hemsley -- Aaron Henry -- Calvin Hill -- Janet Hill -- Djimon Hounsou -- Phyllis Hyman -- Hubert A. Ingraham -- George Jackson -- Michael Jackson -- Samuel L. Jackson -- Tom Joyner -- Gayle King -- Daisy Lampkin -- Janet Langhart -- Spike Lee -- Thomas Lewis -- Dorothy Maynor --Festus Gontebanye Mogae -- Michael Moorer -- Buck ONeil -- Pat Parker -- Floyd Patterson -- Lee "Scratch" Perry -- Ann Petry -- Andy Razaf -- J. Paul Reason -- Mitch Richmond -- Marcus Roberts -- Patrick Robinson -- Wendell Oliver Scott Sr. -- Maria W. Miller Stewart -- Keith Sweat -- Clifton Lemoure Taulbert -- Edolphus Towns -- Cedric "Ricky" Walker -- Dorothy Wesley. |
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. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi : Gale. Available via World Wide Web. |
Original Version |
Original: xi, 293 p. : photos. ; 29 cm. |
System Details |
Mode of access: Internet. |
Subject |
Arinze, Francis A.
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Avant, Clarence.
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Bailey, Radcliffe, 1968-
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Berry, Halle.
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Bizimungu, Pasteur.
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Brown, Donald.
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Byrd, Michelle.
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Caesar, Shirley, 1938-
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Camp, Kimberly.
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Carter, Betty, 1930-1998.
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Cheadle, Don.
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Cleveland, James.
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Coltrane, John, 1926-1967.
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Crawford, Randy.
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Crothers, Scat Man.
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Davis, Piper.
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Delaney, Beauford, 1901-1979.
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Donegan, Dorothy.
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Downing, Will.
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Edelin, Ramona Hoage, 1945-
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Flack, Roberta.
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Frazier, Joe, 1944-
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Freeman, Charles.
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Goines, Donald, 1937-1974.
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Golden, Marita.
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Graves, Denyce.
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Harkless, Necia Desiree.
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Harris, Jay.
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Hemsley, Sherman, 1938-
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Henry, Aaron, 1922-
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Hill, Calvin.
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Hill, Janet.
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Hounsou, Djimon, 1964-
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Hyman, Phyllis.
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Ingraham, Hubert A.
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Jackson, George.
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Jackson, Michael, 1958-
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Jackson, Samuel L.
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Joyner, Tom, 1949-
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King, Gayle.
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Lampkin, Daisy E. (Daisy Elizabeth), 1882-1965.
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Langhart, Janet.
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Lee, Spike.
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Lewis, Thomas.
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Maynor, Dorothy.
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Mogae, Festus Gontebanye.
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Moorer, Michael.
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ONeil, Buck, 1911-2006.
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Parker, Pat, 1944-1989.
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Patterson, Floyd.
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Perry, Lee, 1936-
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Petry, Ann.
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Razaf, Andy, 1895-1973.
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Reason, J. Paul.
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Richmond, Mitch.
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Roberts, Marcus, pianist.
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Robinson, Patrick.
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Scott, Wendell Oliver.
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Stewart, Maria W., 1803-1879.
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Sweat, Keith.
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Taulbert, Clifton L.
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Towns, Edolphus.
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Walker, Cedric "Ricky".
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Wesley, Dorothy Porter, 1905-1995.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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Black people -- Biography.
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Added Author |
Phelps, Shirelle, editor.
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Gale Group.
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ISBN |
9781414435473 (electronic book) |
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1414435479 (electronic book) |
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9780787612757 |
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0787612758 |
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