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The Resource Contemporary Black biography : profiles from the international Black community, Volume 8, L. Mpho Mabunda, editor

Contemporary Black biography : profiles from the international Black community, Volume 8, L. Mpho Mabunda, 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, 314 p.)
Note
"ISSN 1058-1316"
Contents
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabar
  • Alvin Ailey
  • John Amos
  • Dusty Baker
  • Bertice Berry
  • Arna Bontemps
  • Edward Brooke
  • Elaine Brown
  • LeVar Burton
  • Octavia Butler
  • Tisha Campbell
  • Linford Christie
  • William Lacy Clay
  • Countee Cullen
  • Ruby Dee
  • Paul Laurence Dunbar
  • Myrlie Evers
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Charles Fuller
  • Althea Gibson
  • Frederick D. Gregory
  • Mark Winston Griffith
  • Greg Gumbel
  • Juvenal Habyarimana
  • Lorraine Hale
  • Lloyd A. Hill
  • W.C. Handy
  • William H. Hastie
  • George Edmund Haynes
  • Chester Himes
  • William Augustus Hinton
  • John Hope
  • Son House
  • Ice Cube
  • Samuel L. Jackson
  • Leonard Jeffries
  • Eddie Bernice Johnson
  • Jack Johnson
  • Quincy Jones
  • Theodore K. Lawless
  • Canada Lee
  • Errol T. Louis
  • Samora Moises Machel
  • Nathan McCall
  • Elijah McCoy
  • Corinne Mitchell
  • Warren Moon
  • Edwin Moses
  • Walter Dean Myers
  • Cyprien Ntaryamira
  • Shaquille O'Neal
  • Maxine Powell
  • Dudley Randall
  • Ishmael Reed
  • Norm Rice
  • Diana Ross
  • Bill Russell
  • Dori Sanders
  • Ntozake Shange
  • Will Smith
  • Willi Smith
  • Brent Staples
  • Raymond St. Jacques
  • Louis Sullivan
  • Kristin Clark Taylor
  • Israel Tribble, Jr.
  • MaliVai Washington
  • Damon Wayans
  • Robert C. Weaver
  • Ida B. Wells-Barnett
  • Ralph Wiley
  • Billy Dee Williams
  • Johnny Ray Youngblood
Isbn
9781414435367
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Instance
Label
Contemporary Black biography : profiles from the international Black community, Volume 8
Title
Contemporary Black biography
Title remainder
profiles from the international Black community
Title number
Volume 8
Statement of responsibility
L. Mpho Mabunda, 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
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1967-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Mabunda, L. Mpho
  • Gale Group
Series statement
Gale virtual reference library
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  • Abdul-Jabar, Kareem
  • Ailey, Alvin
  • Amos, John
  • Baker, Dusty
  • Berry Bertice
  • Bontemps, Arna Wendell
  • Brooke, Edward William
  • Brown, Elaine
  • Burton, LeVar
  • Butler, Octavia E
  • Campbell, Tisha
  • Christie, Linford
  • Clay, William L
  • Cullen, Countee
  • Dee, Ruby
  • Dunbar, Paul Laurence
  • Evers-Williams, Myrlie
  • Fitzgerald, Ella
  • Fuller, Charles
  • Gibson, Althea
  • Gregory, Frederick D
  • Griffith, Mark Winston
  • Gumbel, Greg
  • Habyarimana, Juvenal
  • Hale, Lorraine
  • Hall, Lloyd A
  • Handy, W. C.
  • Hastie, William
  • Haynes, George Edmund
  • Himes, Chester B
  • Hinton, William A.
  • Hope, John
  • House, Son
  • Ice Cube (Musician)
  • Jackson, Samuel L
  • Jeffries, Leonard
  • Johnson, Eddie Bernice
  • Johnson, Jack
  • Jones, Quincy
  • Lawless, T. K
  • Lee, Canada
  • Louis, Errol T
  • Machel Samora
  • McCall, Nathan
  • McCoy, Elijah
  • Mitchell, Corinne
  • Moon, Warren
  • Moses, Edwin C.
  • Myers, Walter Dean
  • Ntaryamira, Cyprien
  • O'Neal, Shaquille
  • Powell, Maxine
  • Randall, Dudley
  • Reed, Ishmael
  • Rice, Norman B
  • Ross, Diana
  • Russell, Bill
  • Sanders, Dori
  • Shange, Ntozake
  • Smith, Will
  • Smith, Willi
  • Staples, Brent A
  • St. Jacques, Raymond
  • Sullivan, Louis Wade
  • Taylor, Kristin Clark
  • Tribble, Israel
  • Washington, MaliVai
  • Wayans, Damon
  • Weaver, Robert C.
  • Wells-Barnett, Ida B
  • Wiley Ralph
  • Williams, Billy Dee
  • Youngblood, Johnny Ray
  • African Americans
  • Black people
Target audience
adult
Label
Contemporary Black biography : profiles from the international Black community, Volume 8, L. Mpho Mabunda, 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
Kareem Abdul-Jabar -- Alvin Ailey -- John Amos -- Dusty Baker -- Bertice Berry -- Arna Bontemps -- Edward Brooke -- Elaine Brown -- LeVar Burton -- Octavia Butler -- Tisha Campbell -- Linford Christie -- William Lacy Clay -- Countee Cullen -- Ruby Dee -- Paul Laurence Dunbar -- Myrlie Evers -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Charles Fuller -- Althea Gibson -- Frederick D. Gregory -- Mark Winston Griffith -- Greg Gumbel -- Juvenal Habyarimana -- Lorraine Hale -- Lloyd A. Hill -- W.C. Handy -- William H. Hastie -- George Edmund Haynes -- Chester Himes -- William Augustus Hinton -- John Hope -- Son House -- Ice Cube -- Samuel L. Jackson -- Leonard Jeffries -- Eddie Bernice Johnson -- Jack Johnson -- Quincy Jones -- Theodore K. Lawless -- Canada Lee -- Errol T. Louis -- Samora Moises Machel -- Nathan McCall -- Elijah McCoy -- Corinne Mitchell -- Warren Moon -- Edwin Moses -- Walter Dean Myers -- Cyprien Ntaryamira -- Shaquille O'Neal -- Maxine Powell -- Dudley Randall -- Ishmael Reed -- Norm Rice -- Diana Ross -- Bill Russell -- Dori Sanders -- Ntozake Shange -- Will Smith -- Willi Smith -- Brent Staples -- Raymond St. Jacques -- Louis Sullivan -- Kristin Clark Taylor -- Israel Tribble, Jr. -- MaliVai Washington -- Damon Wayans -- Robert C. Weaver -- Ida B. Wells-Barnett -- Ralph Wiley -- Billy Dee Williams -- Johnny Ray Youngblood
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xi, 314 p.)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781414435367
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)527366197
  • 1TTW
  • (MiFhGG)GVRL1TTW
Label
Contemporary Black biography : profiles from the international Black community, Volume 8, L. Mpho Mabunda, 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
Kareem Abdul-Jabar -- Alvin Ailey -- John Amos -- Dusty Baker -- Bertice Berry -- Arna Bontemps -- Edward Brooke -- Elaine Brown -- LeVar Burton -- Octavia Butler -- Tisha Campbell -- Linford Christie -- William Lacy Clay -- Countee Cullen -- Ruby Dee -- Paul Laurence Dunbar -- Myrlie Evers -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Charles Fuller -- Althea Gibson -- Frederick D. Gregory -- Mark Winston Griffith -- Greg Gumbel -- Juvenal Habyarimana -- Lorraine Hale -- Lloyd A. Hill -- W.C. Handy -- William H. Hastie -- George Edmund Haynes -- Chester Himes -- William Augustus Hinton -- John Hope -- Son House -- Ice Cube -- Samuel L. Jackson -- Leonard Jeffries -- Eddie Bernice Johnson -- Jack Johnson -- Quincy Jones -- Theodore K. Lawless -- Canada Lee -- Errol T. Louis -- Samora Moises Machel -- Nathan McCall -- Elijah McCoy -- Corinne Mitchell -- Warren Moon -- Edwin Moses -- Walter Dean Myers -- Cyprien Ntaryamira -- Shaquille O'Neal -- Maxine Powell -- Dudley Randall -- Ishmael Reed -- Norm Rice -- Diana Ross -- Bill Russell -- Dori Sanders -- Ntozake Shange -- Will Smith -- Willi Smith -- Brent Staples -- Raymond St. Jacques -- Louis Sullivan -- Kristin Clark Taylor -- Israel Tribble, Jr. -- MaliVai Washington -- Damon Wayans -- Robert C. Weaver -- Ida B. Wells-Barnett -- Ralph Wiley -- Billy Dee Williams -- Johnny Ray Youngblood
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xi, 314 p.)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781414435367
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)527366197
  • 1TTW
  • (MiFhGG)GVRL1TTW

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