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The Resource Contemporary Black biography : profiles from the international Black community, Volume 1, Michael L. LaBlanc,editor

Contemporary Black biography : profiles from the international Black community, Volume 1, Michael L. LaBlanc,editor

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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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xi, 263 p.)
Note
"ISSN 1058-1316"
Contents
  • Ralph David Abernathy
  • Maya Angelou
  • Arthur Ashe
  • James Baldwin
  • Amiri Baraka
  • Regina Belle
  • Manute Bol
  • Omar Bongo
  • Gwendolyn Brooks
  • Lee P. Brown
  • Dorothy Brunson
  • Naomi Campbell
  • Benjamin Carson
  • Joe Clark
  • Constance Clayton
  • Sharon Pratt Dixon
  • Forest J. Farmer
  • Fela
  • George Foreman
  • Grant Fuhr
  • Harvey Gantt
  • Marcus Garvey
  • Dizzy Gillespie
  • Carole Gist
  • Danny Glover
  • Berry Gordy, Jr.
  • Earl G. Graves
  • Dick Gregory
  • Gregory Hines
  • Billie Holiday
  • Jesse Jackson
  • Mae C. Jemison
  • Ben Johnson
  • Charles R. Johnson
  • Bill T. Jones
  • Ahmed (Mathieu) Kerekou
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Jennifer Lawson
  • Joie Lee
  • Nelson Mandela
  • Thurgood Marshall
  • Hugh Masekela
  • Erroll McDonald
  • Lori McNeil
  • Mobutu Sese Seko --Daniel Moi
  • Thelonious Monk
  • Garrett Morgan
  • Ali Hassan Mwinyi
  • Youssou N'Dour
  • Gordon Parks
  • Rosa Parks
  • Anna Perez
  • Colin Powell
  • Leontyne Price
  • Queen Latifah
  • Ola Rotimi
  • Carl T. Rowan
  • Barry Sanders
  • Kurt Schmoke
  • Art Shell
  • Russell Simmons
  • Sinbad
  • Henry Ossawa Tanner --Alice Walker
  • Herschel Walker
  • Sippie Wallace
  • Denzel Washington
  • Bill White
  • Malcolm X
  • Coleman Young
Isbn
9781414435299
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Contemporary Black biography : profiles from the international Black community, Volume 1
Title
Contemporary Black biography
Title remainder
profiles from the international Black community
Title number
Volume 1
Statement of responsibility
Michael L. LaBlanc,editor
Contributor
Editor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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
Biography type
collective biography
Cataloging source
MiFhGG
Dewey number
920.009296073
Illustrations
photographs
Index
index present
LC call number
E185.96
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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  • LaBlanc, Michael L.
  • Gale Group
Series statement
Gale virtual reference library
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  • Abernathy, Ralph David
  • Angelou, Maya
  • Ashe, Arthur
  • Bladwin, James
  • Baraka, Imamu Amiri
  • Belle, Regina
  • Bol, Manute
  • Bongo, Omar
  • Brooks, Gwendolyn
  • Brown, Lee P
  • Brunson, Dorothy
  • Campbell, Naomi
  • Carson, Benjamin
  • Clark, Joe
  • Clayton, Constance
  • Kelly, Sharon Pratt
  • Farmer, Forest J
  • Fela
  • Foreman, George
  • Fuhr, Grant
  • Gantt, Harvey B.
  • Garvey, Marcus
  • Gillespie, Dizzy
  • Gist, Carole
  • Glover, Danny
  • Gordy, Berry
  • Graves, Earl G
  • Gregory, Dick
  • Hines, Gregory
  • Holiday, Billie
  • Jackson, Jesse
  • Jemison, Mae C
  • Johnson, Ben
  • Johnson, Charles Richard
  • Jones, Bill T
  • Kerekou, Mathieu
  • King, Martin Luther
  • Lawson, Jennifer
  • Lee, Joie Susannah
  • Mandela, Nelson
  • Marshall, Thurgood
  • Masekela, hugh
  • McDonald, Erroll
  • McNeil, Lori
  • Mobutu Sese Seko
  • Moi, Daniel Arap
  • Monk, Thelonious
  • Morgan, Garrett A
  • Mwinyi, Ali Hassan
  • N'Dour, Youssou
  • Parks, Gordon
  • Parks, Rosa
  • Perez, Anna
  • Powell, Colin L
  • Price, Leontyne
  • Latifah
  • Rotimi, Ola
  • Rowan, Carl T.
  • Sanders, Barry
  • Schmoke, Kurt L
  • Shell, Art
  • Simmons, Russell
  • Sinbad
  • Tanner, Henry Ossawa
  • Walker, Alice
  • Walker, Herschel
  • Wallace, Sippie
  • Washington, Denzel
  • White, Bill
  • X, Malcolm
  • Young, Coleman A
  • African Americans
  • Blacks
Target audience
adult
Label
Contemporary Black biography : profiles from the international Black community, Volume 1, Michael L. LaBlanc,editor
Link
Instantiates
Publication
Note
"ISSN 1058-1316"
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Ralph David Abernathy -- Maya Angelou -- Arthur Ashe -- James Baldwin -- Amiri Baraka -- Regina Belle -- Manute Bol -- Omar Bongo -- Gwendolyn Brooks -- Lee P. Brown -- Dorothy Brunson -- Naomi Campbell -- Benjamin Carson -- Joe Clark -- Constance Clayton -- Sharon Pratt Dixon -- Forest J. Farmer -- Fela -- George Foreman -- Grant Fuhr -- Harvey Gantt -- Marcus Garvey -- Dizzy Gillespie -- Carole Gist -- Danny Glover -- Berry Gordy, Jr. -- Earl G. Graves -- Dick Gregory -- Gregory Hines -- Billie Holiday -- Jesse Jackson -- Mae C. Jemison -- Ben Johnson -- Charles R. Johnson -- Bill T. Jones -- Ahmed (Mathieu) Kerekou -- Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Jennifer Lawson -- Joie Lee -- Nelson Mandela -- Thurgood Marshall -- Hugh Masekela -- Erroll McDonald -- Lori McNeil -- Mobutu Sese Seko --Daniel Moi -- Thelonious Monk -- Garrett Morgan -- Ali Hassan Mwinyi -- Youssou N'Dour -- Gordon Parks -- Rosa Parks -- Anna Perez -- Colin Powell -- Leontyne Price -- Queen Latifah -- Ola Rotimi -- Carl T. Rowan -- Barry Sanders -- Kurt Schmoke -- Art Shell -- Russell Simmons -- Sinbad -- Henry Ossawa Tanner --Alice Walker -- Herschel Walker -- Sippie Wallace -- Denzel Washington -- Bill White -- Malcolm X -- Coleman Young
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xi, 263 p.)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781414435299
Isbn Type
(electronic book)
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
photos.
Quality assurance targets
unknown
Reformatting quality
access
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • (OCoLC)527366165
  • 1TTQ
  • (MiFhGG)GVRL1TTQ
Label
Contemporary Black biography : profiles from the international Black community, Volume 1, Michael L. LaBlanc,editor
Link
Publication
Note
"ISSN 1058-1316"
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Ralph David Abernathy -- Maya Angelou -- Arthur Ashe -- James Baldwin -- Amiri Baraka -- Regina Belle -- Manute Bol -- Omar Bongo -- Gwendolyn Brooks -- Lee P. Brown -- Dorothy Brunson -- Naomi Campbell -- Benjamin Carson -- Joe Clark -- Constance Clayton -- Sharon Pratt Dixon -- Forest J. Farmer -- Fela -- George Foreman -- Grant Fuhr -- Harvey Gantt -- Marcus Garvey -- Dizzy Gillespie -- Carole Gist -- Danny Glover -- Berry Gordy, Jr. -- Earl G. Graves -- Dick Gregory -- Gregory Hines -- Billie Holiday -- Jesse Jackson -- Mae C. Jemison -- Ben Johnson -- Charles R. Johnson -- Bill T. Jones -- Ahmed (Mathieu) Kerekou -- Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Jennifer Lawson -- Joie Lee -- Nelson Mandela -- Thurgood Marshall -- Hugh Masekela -- Erroll McDonald -- Lori McNeil -- Mobutu Sese Seko --Daniel Moi -- Thelonious Monk -- Garrett Morgan -- Ali Hassan Mwinyi -- Youssou N'Dour -- Gordon Parks -- Rosa Parks -- Anna Perez -- Colin Powell -- Leontyne Price -- Queen Latifah -- Ola Rotimi -- Carl T. Rowan -- Barry Sanders -- Kurt Schmoke -- Art Shell -- Russell Simmons -- Sinbad -- Henry Ossawa Tanner --Alice Walker -- Herschel Walker -- Sippie Wallace -- Denzel Washington -- Bill White -- Malcolm X -- Coleman Young
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xi, 263 p.)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781414435299
Isbn Type
(electronic book)
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
photos.
Quality assurance targets
unknown
Reformatting quality
access
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • (OCoLC)527366165
  • 1TTQ
  • (MiFhGG)GVRL1TTQ

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