| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 318 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits |
| Series |
Gale virtual reference library
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| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Nicolas Anelka -- James Avery -- Amiri Baraka -- The Bar-Kays -- Lucie E. Campbell -- Roy Campbell Jr. -- James E. Clyburn -- The Commodores -- Ellis Cose -- Dieudonne -- Tony Dungy -- Eusebio -- Lowell Fulson -- Kevin Garnett -- Theaster Gates -- Al Green -- Greg Hardy -- Jeremiah Hayanga -- Stephen Jackson -- George Jacobs -- Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde -- Hakeem Jeffries -- Luthando Kaka -- Eric LeGrand -- Melba Liston -- Chokwe Lumumba -- Henry Lyons -- Masta Ace -- The Meters -- Andrew Mupuya -- Kevyn Orr -- Kid Ory -- Brig Owens -- Antonio Pettigrew -- Dennis Rodman -- Zoe Saldana -- Malik Sealy -- Darren Sharper -- Richard Sherman -- Chris Smalling -- Geno Smith -- Hale Smith -- Lance Stephenson -- Storyboard P -- Charlie Strong -- Sunnyland Slim -- Ernie Terrell -- Jani Toivola -- Joe Louis Walker -- Anita Ward -- Essie Mae Washington-Williams -- Chris Webber -- Valerie Wellington -- Armond White -- Larry Williams. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Biography.
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Black people -- 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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| Added Author |
Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contemporary Black biography, Volume 118. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, Cengage Learning, [2014] 9781573024174 |
| ISBN |
9781573024273 (electronic book) |
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9781573024174 |
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