Contemporary Black biography
Subtitle: profiles from the international Black community
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9781573024303; 9781573024204; 9781573024235
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: Mo Abudu; title: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; title: Dani Alves; title: Biyi Bandele; title: Dean Baquet; title: Ras J. Baraka; title: Brook Benton; title: Earl Bostic; title: Alex Bradford; title: Robert D. Bullard; title: Ed Bullins; title: Henry Butler; title: Rubin Carter; title: Paul Chambers; title: William Jelani Cobb; title: The Detroit Emeralds; title: DJ Rashad; title: Hamid Drake; title: The Drifters; title: Nima Elbagir; title: Ron Funches; title: Anna Gordy Gaye; title: Hampton Hawes; title: Lou Hudson; title: Mark Jackson; title: Rita Jeptoo; title: J. Rosamond Johnson; title: Robert L. Johnson; title: Bomani Jones; title: Jon Jones; title: Philly Joe Jones; title: Meb Keflezighi; title: Wynton Kelly; title: W.W. Law; title: Lil B; title: Cuonzo Martin; title: Robert Mathis; title: Harry McAlpin; title: Raymond Anthony Myles; title: Raful Neal; title: Robert Nighthawk; title: Yannick Noah; title: Jeffrey Osborne; title: Michael Pineda; title: Rare Essence; title: Pete Rock; title: Michael Sam; title: Clarence Seedorf; title: Thabo Sefolosha; title: Wayne Simmonds; title: Stromae; title: P.K. Subban; title: Deontay Wilder; title: Larry Wilmore; title: Stevie Wonder.