Contemporary Black biography
Subtitle: profiles from the international Black community
Series: Gale virtual reference library; Gale virtual reference library
Publisher: Gale
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Detroit, Mich
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781414456898; 9781414434407
Subjects: Blacks; Black Athletes; African American musicians; African American athletes; Black Authors; African American actors; Black Businesspeople; African American artists; African American leadership; Black Artists; African American businesspeople; African American authors; Black Actors; African American religious leaders; African Americans; Black Musicians; Biography; African American politicians
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Original: ix, 277 p. : photos. ; 29 cm.

Print version record.
Table of contents: title: Lauren Anderson; title: Dusty Baker; title: Michael Bivins; title: John W. Boyd, Jr.; title: Brandy; title: Anthony G. Brown; title: Byron W. Brown; title: Dorival Caymmi; title: Hal Colston; title: Adrian Dantley; title: Rosario Dawson; title: Andre De Shields; title: Bo Diddley; title: Diana Evans; title: Herbert Feemster; title: Ilene Fennoy; title: Robin Deneen Givhan; title: Bill Harris; title: Charles Harrison; title: Jeff Henderson; title: Ernie Hudson; title: Phil Ivey; title: Jesse Jackson; title: William J. Jefferson; title: - Daurene Lewis; title: Bernie Mac; title: Pat McGrath; title: Jimmy McGriff; title: Larry G. Miller; title: LeRoi Moore; title: Otis Moss, Jr.; title: Otis Moss III; title: Jabir Herbert Muhammad; title: Levy Mwanawasa; title: Diane Nash; title: Meredith Norton; title: Hakeem Olajuwon; title: Maceo Parker; title: Eleo Pomare; title: William Pope. L; title: CCH Pounder; title: Condoleezza Rice; title: Kimberly Rivers Roberts; title: Alan G. Rogers; title: Zoe Saldana; title: Bob Sanders; title: Jamal Simmons; title: Roosevelt Skerrit; title: Rick Smith; title: Bo Taylor; title: Morgan Tsvangirai; title: Stephanie Tubbs Jones; title: Gene Upshaw; title: Stephanie Wilson; title: Lee Young.