Contemporary Black biography
Subtitle: profiles from the international Black community
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781573024327; 9781573024228
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: African Americans; Biography; Blacks; African American leadership; African American athletes; Black Athletes; African American artists; Black Artists; African American businesspeople; Black Businesspeople; African American politicians; African American religious leaders; African American authors; Black Authors; African American musicians; Black Musicians; African American actors; Black Actors
Description: 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.
Notes: "ISSN 1058-1316."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Eric Bibb; title: John Blakr Jr.; title: Bun B; title: Ben Burkett; title: Michael Che; title: Chronixx; title: Alice Coachman; title: Billy Cobham; title: Cozy Cole; title: Ernest Cole; title: James Cotton; title: Terry Crews; title: D'Angelo; title: Kenny Drew; title: Teddy Edwards; title: FKA Twigs; title: Anthony Foxx; title: Tito Fuentes; title: Justin Gatlin; title: Anwan Glover; title: Graham Central Station; title: William Greaves; title: Michael B. Hancock; title: Toni Harp; title: Percy Harvin; title: Eric Laneuville; title: The Manhattans; title: John R. Marks III; title: Brother Joe May; title: Cecil McBee; title: Lloyd McClendon; title: LeSean McCoy; title: Van McCoy; title: Walter Dean Myers; title: Nat Nakasa; title: Kenny Neal; title: Pam Oliver; title: Bo Porter; title: Pusha T; title: Michele Roberts; title: John Roseboro; title: Joe Sample; title: Amos Sawyer; title: Shabazz Palaces; title: Bobby Shmurda; title: Gene Smith; title: Thomas Thabane; title: Hasheem Thabeet; title: Mike Tomlin; title: Dennis P. Williams; title: Hosea Williams; title: David Wilson; title: Gerald Wilson; title: Bobby Womack; title: Max Yergan.