Title Contemporary Black biography. Volume 56 : profiles from the international Black community / Sara and Tom Pendergast, editors

Published Detroit, Mich. : Thomson Gale, [2006] ©2006

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Description 1 online resource Series Gale virtual reference library Gale virtual reference library. Contents Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje -- Etta Moten Barnett -- Paul Yaw Boateng -- Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues -- Bruce Bruce -- Henry Thacker Burleigh -- R.L. Burnside -- Kurt Carr -- Frederick Chiluba -- Ciara -- Donn Clendenon -- Eric Jerome Dickey -- Waris Dirie -- Hazel Dukes -- Tourie and Damien Escobar -- Roland G. Fryer -- Nona Gaye -- Grant Green -- Nona Hendryx -- Shirley Horn -- Ronald Isley -- Johnnie Johnson -- Kathie-Ann Joseph -- Oliver Lewis -- Augustus Nathaniel Lushington -- Lyfe -- William Carrington March -- Aaron McGruder -- Mobutu Sese Seko -- Mswati III -- Anthony Mundine -- Nawal M. Nour -- Stella Obasanjo -- Daniel Packer -- Rosa Parks -- Warren Perry -- Sandra Pinckney -- John Levy Procope -- Richard Pryor -- Tim Reid -- Lionel Rose -- Son Seals -- Siji -- Eileen Southern -- Sheryl Swoopes -- Andre Leon Talley -- Don Thompson -- Faya Ora Rose Toure -- Lloyd G. Trotter -- C. DeLores Tucker -- Usher -- Argelia Velez-Rodriguez -- Rasheed Wallace -- Nathan Wright, Jr. -- Addie L. Wyatt 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 and index Notes Original: ix, 269 pages : photographs ; 29 cm Print version record Subject Ciara, 1985- Mobutu Sese Seko, 1930-1997. Mswati III, King of Eswatini, 1968- Siji Usher. Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Adewale, 1967- Barnett, Etta Moten, 1901-2004. Boateng, Paul Yaw Bogues, Tyrone, 1965- Bruce, Bruce, 1963- Burleigh, H. T. (Harry Thacker), 1866-1949. Burnside, R. L. (Rural L.), 1926-2005. Carr, Kurt. Chiluba, Frederick, 1943-2011. Clendenon, Donn. Dickey, Eric Jerome. Dirie, Waris. Dukes, Hazel Escobar, Damien Escobar, Tourie Fryer, Roland G. Gaye, Nona. Green, Grant. Hendryx, Nona. Horn, Shirley. Isley, Ronald. Jennings, Lyfe. Johnson, Johnnie, 1924-2005. Joseph, Kathie-Ann Lewis, Oliver. Lushington, Augustus Nathaniel March, William Carrington McGruder, Aaron. Mundine, Anthony. Nour, Nawal M. Obasanjo, Stella. Packer, Daniel Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005. Perry, Warren R. Pinckney, Sandra Procope, John Levy Pryor, Richard Reid, Tim, 1944- Rose, Lionel. Seals, Son Southern, Eileen. Swoopes, Sheryl. Talley, Andre Leon Thompson, Don Toure, Faya Ora Rose Trotter, Lloyd G Tucker, C. DeLores. Velez-Rodriguez, Argelia Wallace, Rasheed Wright, Nathan. Wyatt, Addie L., 1924-2012. Ciara, 1985- Mobutu Sese Seko, 1930-1997. Mswati III, King of Eswatini, 1968- Usher. Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Adewale, 1967- Barnett, Etta Moten, 1901-2004. Bogues, Tyrone, 1965- Bruce, Bruce, 1963- Burleigh, H. T. (Harry Thacker), 1866-1949. Burnside, R. L. (Rural L.), 1926-2005. Chiluba, Frederick, 1943-2011. Clendenon, Donn. Dickey, Eric Jerome. Dirie, Waris. Green, Grant. Hendryx, Nona. Horn, Shirley. Johnson, Johnnie, 1924-2005. Lewis, Oliver. McGruder, Aaron. Mundine, Anthony. Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005. Perry, Warren R. Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005. Reid, Tim, 1944- Rose, Lionel. Seals, Son. Southern, Eileen. Swoopes, Sheryl. Talley, André Leon. Tucker, C. DeLores. Wright, Nathan. Wyatt, Addie L., 1924-2012. African Americans -- Biography. Blacks -- Biography African Americans. Blacks. Genre/Form Gale Virtual Reference Library Biographies. Form Electronic book Author Pendergast, Sara. Pendergast, Tom. ISBN 0787679283 1414410212 9780787679286 9781414410210

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