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Title Contemporary Black biography. Volume 47 : 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 Maurice Ashley -- Arnold Auguste -- Barry C. Black -- Homer S. Brown -- Nick Cannon -- Wilfred (George Onslow) Cartey -- Wilt Chamberlain -- Maurice Cheeks -- Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton -- Charles "Chuck" Cooper -- Michael Copeland -- Leon Dash -- Frank Marshall Davis -- Mary Pearl Dougherty -- Julius "Dr. J" Erving -- Ronald L. Fair -- Tom Feelings -- Al Green -- Samuel C. Hamilton -- Carla D. Hayden -- Francis Hendy -- Kelly Holmes -- Cowan F. "Bubba" Hyde -- Shoshana Johnson -- Kem -- Femi Kuti -- Bob Lanier -- Carl Lumbly -- Steve McNair -- S. Epatha Merkerson -- Steve Mills -- Arthur Mitchell -- Cecil Murray -- Tai Murray -- Samuel Milton Nabrit -- Christina Norman -- Charles Ogletree, Jr. -- John Pinderhughes -- Gene Anthony Ray -- Jimmy Rodriguez -- Janna Scantlebury -- Ras Shorty I -- Fred Shuttlesworth -- Walter Sisulu -- Natalie Manns Taylor -- Marsha Thomason -- Conrad Tillard -- Askia Toure -- Gene Upshaw -- Iyanla Vanzant -- Gladys Gary Vaughn -- Perry E. Wallace Jr. -- Mark Whitaker -- Ray Wilkins -- Pharrell 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Original: x, 289 pages : photographs ; 29 cm
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Subject Kem.
Ashley, Maurice.
Auguste, Arnold
Black, Barry C.
Brown, Homer S
Cannon, Nick, 1980-
Cartey, Wilfred, 1931-1992.
Chamberlain, Wilt, 1936-1999.
Cheeks, Maurice.
Clifton, Nat
Cooper, Chuck.
Copeland, Michael.
Dash, Leon.
Davis, Frank Marshall, 1905-1987.
Dougherty, Mary Pearl
Erving, Julius.
Fair, Ronald L.
Feelings, Tom
Green, Al, 1946-
Hamilton, Samuel.
Hayden, Carla Diane, 1952-
Hendy, Francis.
Holmes, Kelly.
Hyde, Cowan F
Johnson, Shoshana
Kuti, Femi.
Lanier, Bob, 1948-
Lumbly, Carl.
McNair, Steve, 1973-2009.
Merkerson, S. Epatha, 1952-
Mills, Steve.
Mitchell, Arthur, 1934-2018.
Murray, Cecil.
Murray, Tai
Nabrit, Samuel M., 1905-2003.
Norman, Christina
Ogletree, Charles J.
Pinderhughes, John, 1946-
Ray, Gene Anthony.
Rodriguez, Jimmy
Scantlebury, Janna
Shorty I, Ras
Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011.
Sisulu, Walter Max.
Taylor, Natalie Manns
Thomason, Marsha, 1976-
Tillard, Conrad
Toureþ, Askia M
Upshaw, Gene.
Vanzant, Iyanla.
Vaughn, Gladys Gary.
Wallace, Perry, Jr
Whitaker, Mark.
Wilkins, Ray
Williams, Pharrell.
SUBJECT Ashley, Maurice. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00390070
Black, Barry C. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01637218
Cannon, Nick, 1980- fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01952947
Cartey, Wilfred, 1931-1992. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01797732
Chamberlain, Wilt, 1936-1999. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00012591
Cheeks, Maurice. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01540776
Davis, Frank Marshall, 1905-1987. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00180729
Erving, Julius. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00003677
Fair, Ronald L. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01432997
Feelings, Tom. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00000202
Green, Al, 1946- fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00263636
Hayden, Carla Diane, 1952- fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01502326
Holmes, Kelly. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01668638
Kuti, Femi. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00412330
Lumbly, Carl. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01537150
McNair, Steve, 1973-2009. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01754124
Merkerson, S. Epatha, 1952- fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01566824
Mitchell, Arthur, 1934-2018 fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00286048
Murray, Cecil. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00392674
Nabrit, Samuel M., 1905-2003. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01610287
Ogletree, Charles J. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00251373
Ray, Gene Anthony. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00399962
Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01774750
Sisulu, Walter. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00247679
Upshaw, Gene. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00296833
Vanzant, Iyanla. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00323777
Whitaker, Mark. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00140500
Williams, Pharrell. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01573932
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 0787667358
1414405464
9780787667351
9781414405469