| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 277 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 0058-1316." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Hana Yasmeen Ali -- Muhammad Ali -- Amerie -- Ron Artest -- Leonard Blackshear -- Robert D. Blackwell -- Suzanne Boyd -- William Stanley Braithwaite -- Sean Brown -- Pierre Charles -- Don Cheadle -- Kenneth B. Clark -- Helen Claytor -- Johnnie Cochran -- Agbani Darego -- O.R. Dathorne -- George Dixon -- Howard Dodson, Jr. -- Karl Dorrell -- Aaron Dworkin -- Gnassingbe Eyadema -- Aaron Freeman -- David Harewood -- Lenny Henry -- Nathan Irvin Huggins -- Etta James -- Angela Johnson -- Clifford "Connie" Johnson -- Absalom Jones -- Gibson Kente -- Cynthia McKinney -- Haydain Neale -- Winston Ntshona -- Ol' Dirty Bastard -- David Ortiz -- Nicole Ari Parker -- Oscar Peterson -- Linda A. Randolph -- Charles Rangel -- Lance Reddick -- John W. Rogers, Jr. -- Brenda Russell -- Bobby Short -- N'kenge Simpson-Hoffman -- Jonathan Slocumb -- Warren Spears -- Arthur Ray Thomas -- Kenan Thompson -- Gina Torres -- Reggie Watts -- Elisabeth Welch -- Kanye West -- Josh White Jr. -- Jacqueline Woods -- Bruce M. Wright. |
| Summary |
Provides informative biographical profiles of the important and influential persons of African American and/or black heritage. Covers persons of various nationalities in a wide variety of fields, including architecture, art, business, dance, education, fashion, film, industry, journalism, law, literature, medicine, music, politics and government, publishing, religion, science and technology, social issues, sports, television, theater, and others. |
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Ali, Hana.
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Ali, Muhammad, 1942-
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Amerie.
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Artest, Ron.
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Blackshear, Leonard.
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Blackwell, Robert D.
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Boyd, Suzanne.
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Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962.
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Brown, Sean.
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Charles, Pierre.
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Cheadle, Don.
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Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914-2005.
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Claytor, Helen.
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Cochran, Johnnie L., 1937-2005.
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Darego, Agbani.
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Dathorne, O. R., 1934-
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Dixon, George.
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Dodson, Howard.
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Dorrell, Karl.
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Dworkin, Aaron.
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Eyadeþma, Gnassingbeþ.
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Freeman, Aaron.
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Harewood, David.
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Neale, Haydain.
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Henry, Lenny.
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Huggins, Nathan Irvin, 1927-
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James, Etta, 1938-
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Johnson, Angela, 1961-
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Johnson, Clifford.
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Jones, Absalom, 1746-1818.
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Kente, Gibson.
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McKinney, Cynthia, 1955-
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Ntshona, Winston.
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Ol' Dirty Bastard, 1968-2004.
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Ortiz, David, 1975-
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Parker, Nicole Ari.
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Peterson, Oscar, 1925-
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Randolph, Linda A.
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Rangel, Charles B.
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Reddick, Lance.
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Rogers, John W.
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Russell, Brenda.
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Short, Bobby.
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Simpson-Hoffman, N'kenge.
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Slocumb, Jonathan.
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Spears, Warren.
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Thomas, Arthur Ray.
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Thompson, Kenan.
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Torres, Gina.
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Watts, Reggie.
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Welch, Elisabeth.
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West, Kanye.
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White, Josh, Jr.
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Woods, Jacqueline.
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Wright, Bruce, 1918-
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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 52. Detroit, Mich. : Thomson Gale, c2005 0787679240 |
| ISBN |
9781414406039 (electronic book) |
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1414406037 (electronic book) |
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0787679240 |
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