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Title Contemporary Black biography. Volume 48 : profiles from the international Black community / Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast, editors
Published Detroit, Mich. : Thomson Gale, [2005]
©2005
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Series Gale virtual reference library
Gale virtual reference library.
Contents Carl Anderson -- Kofi Atta Annan -- Anita Baker -- Fred "Rerun" Berry -- Andrew F. Brimmer -- Ella Bully-Cummings -- Mickey Burnim -- Aime Cesaire -- Ray Charles -- Lorraine Cole -- Wanda Coleman -- PonJola Coney -- David Dabydeen -- Charles T. Davis -- Ernie Davis -- Ronald and Rony Delice -- Georgia Dunston -- Christopher Edley -- Christopher F. Edley, Jr. -- Gladys Edmunds -- Sarah Webster Fabio -- Elton Fax -- Allyson Felix -- Ray Fleming -- Marie Foster -- Jamie Foxx -- George Grace -- Lorenz Graham -- Samuel Greenlee -- Robert Guillaume -- Alphonso Jackson -- Major L. Jemison -- Levi Johnson -- Sheila Crump Johnson -- John A. Kenney -- Georges Laraque -- Risa Lavizzo-Mourey -- Thomas Mensah -- Azie Taylor Morton -- Andrea Nelson Meigs -- John J. Oliver, Jr. -- Helen Owens -- John Payton -- Malika Sanders -- Kurt Schmoke -- "Little" Jimmy Scott -- Howard "Sandman" Sims -- Vincent D. Smith -- Mathew St. Patrick -- Wanda Sykes -- Luther Vandross -- Ozzie Virgil -- Bill White -- L. Douglas Wilder -- Andrew Young
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Original: ix, 262 pages : photographs ; 29 cm
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Subject Anderson, Carl, 1945-2004.
Annan, Kofi A. (Kofi Atta)
Baker, Anita.
Berry, Fred.
Brimmer, Andrew F.
Bully-Cummings, Ella
Burnim, Mickey
Cesaire, Aimeþ
Charles, Ray, 1930-2004.
Cole, Lorraine T.
Coleman, Wanda.
Coney, PonJola
Dabydeen, David.
Davis, Charles T. (Charles Twitchell), 1918-1981.
Davis, Ernie, 1939-1963.
Delice, Ronald and Rony
Dunston, Georgia M.
Edley, Christopher F., 1928-2003.
Edley, Christopher F., 1953-
Edmunds, Gladys.
Fabio, Sarah Webster, 1928-1979.
Fax, Elton C.
Felix, Allyson
Fleming, Ray
Foster, Marie.
Foxx, Jamie.
Grace, George.
Graham, Lorenz B.
Greenlee, Sam, 1930-2014.
Guillaume, Robert.
Jackson, Alphonso.
Jemison, Major L
Johnson, Levi
Johnson, Sheila C.
Kenney, John A., 1914-
Laraque, George
Lavizzo-Mourey, Risa.
Mensah, Thomas O., 1950-
Morton, Azie Taylor, 1936-2003.
Nelson Meigs, Andrea
Oliver, John J
Payton, John.
Sanders, Malika
Schmoke, Kurt L.
Scott, Jimmy, 1925-2014.
Sims, Sandman.
Smith, Vincent, 1929-
St. Patrick, Mathew, 1969-
Sykes, Wanda, 1964-
Vandross, Luther.
Virgil, Ozzie
White, Bill.
Wilder, Doug
Young, Andrew, 1932-
SUBJECT Anderson, Carl, 1945-2004. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01961953
Annan, Kofi A. (Kofi Atta) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00414991
Baker, Anita, 1958- fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00294898
Brimmer, Andrew F. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00147661
Charles, Ray, 1930-2004. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00018176
Coleman, Wanda. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00031125
Dabydeen, David. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00146732
Davis, Charles T. (Charles Twitchell), 1918-1981. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00083942
Davis, Ernie, 1939-1963. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00125423
Edley, Christopher F., 1928-2003 fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01964882
Fabio, Sarah Webster, 1928-1979. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00233782
Fax, Elton C. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00039953
Foxx, Jamie. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00354996
Graham, Lorenz. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00011816
Greenlee, Sam, 1930-2014. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01434203
Guillaume, Robert. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00251872
Jackson, Alphonso. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01574463
Kenney, John A., 1914- fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01510349
Mensah, Thomas O., 1950- fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01969071
Schmoke, Kurt L. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00245259
Scott, Jimmy, 1925-2014. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00297682
Sims, Sandman. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00056241
Smith, Vincent, 1929- fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00425453
Sykes, Wanda, 1964- fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01950256
Vandross, Luther. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00282228
Wilder, Lawrence Douglas, 1931- fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01718520
Young, Andrew, 1932- fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00049919
Subject African Americans -- Biography.
Blacks -- Biography
African Americans.
Blacks.
Genre/Form Gale Virtual Reference Library
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Pendergast, Sara.
Pendergast, Tom.
ISBN 0787667366
1414405472
9780787667368
9781414405476