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Contemporary Black biography. Volume 48 [electronic resource] : profiles from the international Black community / Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast, editors.

Detroit, Mich. : Thomson Gale, c2005.

1 online resource (ix, 262 p.) : photos.

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.

Gale eBooks

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-

Edley, Christopher F., Jr., 1953-2024

Edmunds, Gladys.

Fabio, Sarah Webster, 1928-

Fax, Elton C.

Felix, Allyson.

Fleming, Ray.

Foster, Marie.

Foxx, Jamie.

Grace, George.

Graham, Lorenz B.

Greenlee, Sam, 1930-

Guillaume, Robert.

Jackson, Alphonso.

Jemison, Major L.

Johnson, Levi.

Johnson, Sheila, 1949-

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-

Sims, Sandman.

Smith, Vincent, 1929-2003

St. Patrick, Mathew, 1969-

Sykes, Wanda, 1964-

Vandross, Luther.

Virgil, Ozzie.

White, Bill.

Wilder, Doug.

Young, Andrew, 1932-

African Americans -- Biography.

Blacks -- Biography.

Pendergast, Sara, editor.

Pendergast, Tom, editor.

Gale (Firm)

"ISSN 1058-1316."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

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.

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