Contemporary Black biography : profiles from the international Black community, Volume 59

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Label

Contemporary Black biography : profiles from the international Black community, Volume 59

Title remainder

profiles from the international Black community

Title number

Volume 59

Statement of responsibility

Sara and Tom Pendergast, editors

Contributor

• Gale Group
• Pendergast, Sara
• Pendergast, Tom

Editor

• Pendergast, Sara
• Pendergast, Tom

Subject

• Purnell, Silas
• Alcorn, George Edward
• Andrews, Benny, 1930-2006
• Banks, Michelle A
• Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981
• Bing, Dave, 1943-
• Blacks -- Biography
• Bolin, Jane M., (Jane Matilda), 1908-2007
• Boyd, Gerald M
• Bradley, Ed, 1941-2006
• Brooks, Tyrone
• Brown, Clarence, 1924-2005
• Burt-Murray, Angela
• Bush, Reggie
• Campbell, Bebe Moore, 1950-2006
• Cash, Swin
• Cobb, William Jelani
• Cosby, Bill, 1937-
• Dungy, Tony
• Dunham, Katherine
• Edwards, Willarda V
• Ellison, Keith M
• Epps, Omar
• Falconer, Etta Zuber
• Garrett, Joyce F
• Gaston, A. G., (Arthur George), b. 1892
• Goings, Russell L
• Gray, Farrah, 1984-
• Hemphill, Jessie Mae
• Howard, Terrence
• Jamerson, James, 1936-1983
• Jones, Vivian Malone
• Kebede, Liya
• Kelley, Malcolm David, 1992-
• Klugh, Earl
• Lenox, Adriane
• Levert, Gerald
• Loroupe, Tegla
• Marshall, Kerry James, 1955-
• Matthews, Mark
• O'Neil, Buck, 1911-2006
• Olojede, Dele, 1961-
• Pace, Betty
• Palmer, Violet, 1964-
• Paterson, David A
• Phipps, Wintley
• Pickens, James
• Preston, Billy
• African Americans -- Biography
• Smiley, Rickey
• Stinson, Denise L
• Stoudemire, Amare
• Tancil, Gladys Quander
• Tergat, Paul
• Vandross, Luther
• Webber, Chris, 1973-
• Xuma, Madie Hall

Genre

• Biography

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

Series statement

Gale virtual reference library

Target audience

adult