| Phys. Description |
1 online resource (ix, 286 p.) : ill. |
| Series |
Gale virtual reference library
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"ISSN 1058-1316." |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Rashied Ali -- Eugene Allen -- Lee Archer Jr. -- Jennifer Baszile -- Big Daddy Kane -- David Blackwell -- Omar Bongo -- Burning Spear -- Mary Alice Chineworth -- Mamie Phipps Clark -- Kenneth V. Cockrel Jr. -- Kenneth Vern Cockrel Sr. -- James E. Coleman Jr. -- Michael B. Coleman -- Danny K. Davis -- Charles H. Ellis III -- Vernon Forrest -- Andrew Foster -- Lloyd Gaines -- Keith Glover -- Isaac H. Green -- James Harris -- Earle Hyman -- Jermaine Jackson -- Mordecai Wyatt Johnson -- Tamara Johnson-George -- Eugene Kinckle Jones -- James Earl Jones -- Eric P. Lee -- Huey Long -- Moses Malone -- Geraldine McCullough -- Ralph McDaniels -- Steve McNair -- Harold D. Melton -- Festus Gontebanye Mogae -- Tamera Mowry -- Youssou N'Dour -- Johnnie B. Rawlinson -- Reverend Ike -- Wilson C. Riles -- Sylvia Robinson -- Rick Ross -- David Rudder -- Leah Ward Sears -- Columbus Short -- E. Denise Simmons -- Naomi Sims -- The Sugarhill Gang -- Baratunde Thurston -- Channing H. Tobias -- James Ulmer -- Ebonya Washington -- Margaret Bush Wilson -- Rod Woodson. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Biography.
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Blacks -- Biography.
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African American leadership.
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African American athletes.
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Athletes, Black.
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African American artists.
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Artists, Black.
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African American businesspeople.
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Businesspeople, Black.
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African American politicians.
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African American religious leaders.
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African American authors.
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Authors, Black.
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African American musicians.
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Musicians, Black.
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African American actors.
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Actors, Black.
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| Genre |
Electronic books. local.
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Biographies lcgft.
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| Alt Author |
Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contemporary Black biography, Volume 79. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2010 9781414439723 |
| ISBN |
9781414456966 (electronic book) |
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1414456964 (electronic book) |
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