| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 302 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
John Akomfrah -- Charles Edward Anderson -- Ashanti -- Kofi Awoonor -- Paris Barclay -- Patricia E. Bath -- Maureen Blackwood -- Art Blakey -- Jean Binta Breeze -- Todd Bridges -- Marlin Briscoe -- Marie Maynard Daly -- Ruth A. Davis -- Anita DeFrantz -- Brazeal Dennard -- James DePriest -- Gary Dourdan -- Cyprian Ekwensi -- Roy Eldridge -- Lorris Elliott -- Howard L. Fuller -- Benny Golson -- Fred Gray Sr. -- Wilton D. Gregory -- Julian Henriques -- J.C. Higgingbotham -- J.J. Johnson -- Linton Kwesi Johnson -- Gayl Jones -- Jackie Kay -- Ulysses Kay -- Etheridge Knight -- Kool Moe Dee -- Rosetta LeNoire -- Ludacris -- Paula Madison -- E. A. Markham -- Albert Memmi -- Thomas Mofolo -- Paul Mooney -- Musiq -- Odetta -- Adebayo Ogunlesi -- Gabriel Okara -- Jerry Oliver -- C. Everard Palmer -- Florence B. Price -- Aishah Rahman -- Sonny Rollins -- Chanda Rubin -- Jimmy Rushing -- Al-Tayyib Salih -- Olive Senior -- Stuff Smith -- William Grant Still -- Maxine Sullivan -- Ann Graves Tanksley -- Melvin B. Tolson -- Eamonn Walker -- George Walker -- Andre Ware -- Afaa Michael Weaver -- Kirk Whalum -- Lester Young. |
| 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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Akomfrah, John.
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Anderson, Charles Edward.
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Ashanti, 1980-
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Awoonor, Kofi, 1935-
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Barclay, Paris.
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Bath, Patricia E.
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Blackwood, Maureen.
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Blakey, Art, 1919-1990.
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Breeze, Jean.
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Bridges, Todd, 1965-
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Briscoe, Marlin.
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Daly, Marie Maynard.
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Davis, Ruth A.
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DeFrantz, Anita.
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Dennard, Brazeal.
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DePriest, James.
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Dourdan, Gary.
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Ekwensi, Cyprian.
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Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989.
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Elliott, Lorris.
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Fuller, Howard L.
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Golson, Benny.
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Gray, Fred D., 1930-
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Gregory, Wilton D.
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Henriques, Julian.
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Higginbotham, Jay, 1906-1973.
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Johnson, J. J., 1924-2001.
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Johnson, Linton Kwesi, 1952-
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Jones, Gayl.
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Kay, Jackie, 1961-
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Kay, Ulysses, 1917-1995.
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Knight, Etheridge.
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Kool Moe Dee (Musician)
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LeNoire, Rosetta, 1911-2002.
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Ludacris (Rapper)
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Madison, Paula.
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Markham, Edward Archibald.
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Memmi, Albert.
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Mofolo, Thomas, 1875-1948.
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Mooney, Paul.
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Musiq, 1977-
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Odetta, 1930-
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Ogunlesi, Adebayo.
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Okara, Gabriel, 1921-
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Oliver, Jerry.
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Palmer, C. Everard.
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Price, Florence B.
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Rahman, Aishah.
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Rollins, Sonny.
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Rubin, Chanda, 1976-
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Rushing, Jimmy.
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Salih, Al-Tayyib.
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Senior, Olive.
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Smith, Stuff.
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Still, William Grant, 1895-1978.
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Sulllivan, Maxine, 1911-1987.
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Tanksley, Ann Graves.
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Tolson, Melvin Beaunorus.
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Walker, Eamonn.
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Walker, George.
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Ware, Andre.
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Weaver, Afaa M. (Afaa Michael), 1951-
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Whalum, Kirk.
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Young, Lester, 1909-1959.
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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 37. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc., c2003 9780787663339 |
| ISBN |
9781414435657 (electronic book) |
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1414435657 (electronic book) |
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9780787663339 |
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0787663336 |
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