Amsale Aberra -- Yolanda Adams -- Freddy Adu -- Kwame Anthony Appiah -- Pamela Lynn Carter -- John Chaney -- Joaquim Chissano -- Patricia Hill Collins -- Renee Cox -- Dieudonne -- Alvin Drew Jr-- Selita Ebanks -- Chiwetel Ejiofor -- Flavor Flav -- Henry Louis Gates Jr. -- Faure Gnassingbe -- Richard Thaddeus Greene Sr -- Herbie Hancock -- Vincent Harding -- Carla A. Harris -- Barbara Hendricks -- Mo Ibrahim -- K. Leroy Irvis -- Edison O. Jackson -- Judith Jamison -- Erich Jarvis -- Edward P. Jones -- J.M. Kariuki -- Paul Laraque -- Thomas Davies Laryea III -- John Legend -- Buck Leonard -- Elvis Mitchell -- Raila Odinga -- Sophie Okonedo -- Stanley O'Neal -- Clyde Otis -- Alvin F. Poussaint -- Shonda Lynn Rhimes -- William C. Rhoden -- Rupert Richardson -- Barbara Ross-Lee -- Afeni Shakur -- Wesley Snipes -- Frank M. Snowden Jr. -- William Spriggs -- Vanity -- Maxine Walters -- Kevin Weekes -- Forest Whitaker -- Willye White -- Tony Williams -- Fred Williamson -- Ken Wiwa -- Lynette Woodard
Summary
Biographical profiles of important and influential persons of African heritage who form the international black community. Covers persons of various nationalities in a wide variety of fields providing coverage of names found in today's headlines as well as selected individuals from earlier in this century whose influence continues to have an impact on contemporary life
