Research Catalog

Title

Contemporary Black biography. Volume 78 [electronic resource] : profiles from the international Black community.

Publication

Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2010.

Details

Additional Authors

Gale Group.

Description

1 online resource (ix, 286 p.) : photos.

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.

Series Statement

Gale virtual reference library

Uniform Title

Contemporary Black biography. Volume 78 (Online)

Subject

• African Americans > Biography
• Black people > Biography
• African American leadership
• African American athletes
• Athletes, Black
• African American artists
• Artists, Black
• African American businesspeople
• Businesspeople, Black
• African American politicians
• African American religious leaders
• African American authors
• Authors, Black
• African American musicians
• Musicians, Black
• African American actors
• Actors, Black

Note

• "ISSN 1058-1316."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Source of Description (note)

• Description based on print version record.

Contents

David Adjaye -- Teddy Afro -- Ernie Barnes -- Earl Barthe -- Robert Benham -- Dave Bing -- Charles Frank Bolden Jr. -- George Bridgetower -- Chuck Brown -- Cassandra Butts -- Mignon Clyburn -- Isaach De Bankole -- Carmen de Lavallade -- Rita Dove -- Didier Drogba -- Dock Ellis -- Olaudah Equiano -- Flo Rida -- James F. Garrett -- Gerry Garvin -- Bruce Golding -- Stuart Hall -- Margaret Hamburg -- Dorothy I. Height -- Rickey Henderson -- Geoffrey Holder -- Joe Jackson -- LeBron James -- Gerard Jean-Juste -- Barbara Jordan -- Frankie Manning -- Darnell Martin -- Jackie McLean -- Tia Mowry -- Pierre Nkurunziza -- Greg Page -- Renee Poussaint -- Ernest Ranglin -- John Henry Redwood -- Stephen W. Rochon -- Bobby Rush -- Madge Sinclair -- Mahamane Souleymane -- Alysa Stanton -- Tonea Harris Stewart -- Mamadou Tandja -- Elinor R. Tatum -- Rozonda Thomas -- Albert Wagner -- Elsie B. Washington -- Damien Wayans -- Jason Whitlock -- Ralph Wiley -- Mike Woodson -- Xzibit.

OCLC

ssj0000670500

Title

Contemporary Black biography. Volume 78 [electronic resource] : profiles from the international Black community.

Imprint

Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2010.

Series

Gale virtual reference library

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card

Available onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Gale Group.

Other Form:

Print version: Contemporary Black biography, Volume 78. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2010 9781414439716