Contemporary Black biography
Subtitle: profiles from the international Black community
Series: Gale virtual reference library
Publisher: Gale
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Detroit, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781414472669; 9781414471709
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: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Tiny Archibald; title: Nicole A. Avant; title: Corrine Brown; title: Ruth Brown; title: Calvin O. Butts III; title: Barbara Smith Conrad; title: Carl Crawford; title: Thomas J. Dorsey; title: Warrick Dunn; title: James Durham; title: William Lewis Eagleson; title: Missy Elliott; title: Benjamin Fletcher; title: Barney Ford; title: Thomas O. Fuller; title: Harvey Fuqua; title: Laurent Gbagbo; title: Ghostface Killah; title: Hugh Morris Gloster Sr.; title: Charles Gomillion; title: Eliza Ann Grier; title: Bernard A. Harris; title: Luisa Harris-Stewart; title: Andrew T. Hatcher; title: Michael Healy; title: Josiah Henson; title: Angelo Herndon; title: Bell Hooks; title: James A. Jackson; title: Eddie Bernice Johnson; title: Hall Johnson; title: Robert Elijah Jones; title: Tom Joyner; title: Hubert Julian; title: Elizabeth Keckley; title: William Henry Lane; title: Hubert Laws; title: James M. Lawson Jr.; title: Larry Little; title: Louis E. Lomax; title: Karl Malone; title: Mirlande Manigat; title: Ellis Marsalis; title: Wynton Marsalis; title: Michel Martelly; title: John Willis Menard; title: Ferdinand Q. Morton; title: Randy Moss; title: Nelly; title: Michelle Obama; title: Alassane Ouattara; title: Karen Carter Peterson; title: Wendell Pierce; title: David Robinson; title: Calvin Smyre.