| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxviii, 400 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [393]-398). |
| Contents |
Sidney Barthwell, Jr., court magistrate -- Josephine G. Cooke, businesswoman -- Quoqueze Desiree Craig, fashion model -- Mark Dean, engineer -- Mary Lovenia Deconge-Watson, mathematician -- James A. Emanuel, poet -- Richard E. Harris, journalist -- Chester Higgins, Jr., photographer -- Oliver W. Hill, Sr., civil-rights attorney -- Nicholas Hood, Sr., minister and city councilman -- Paul C. Hudson, bank president -- Herb Jeffries, actor and entertainer -- Gwendolyn Knight, artist -- Marian Kramer, welfare rights organizer -- Jacob Lawrence, artist -- Bruce Lee, biologist -- Jeni Legon, actress and tap dancer -- Josephine Harreld Love, arts advocate -- Walter "Brownie" McGhee, blues musician -- John McLendon, basketball coach -- Geraldine Miller, household technician and social activist -- Rupert Richardson, past president, NAACP -- Richard E. Stewart, Army chaplain -- William H. Waddell IV, veterinarian -- Richard J. Wedgeworth II, physician -- Lawrence Douglas Wilder, mayor -- Marvin Williams, baseball player. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Interviews.
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Successful people -- United States -- Interviews.
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Creative ability -- United States -- Case studies.
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Interviews -- United States.
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Oral history.
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| ISBN |
0767921178 |
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9780767921176 |
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