Description based on print version record. "ISSN 1058-1316." Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Ahmadou Ahidjo -- James H. Ammons -- Reuben V. Anderson -- Govind Armstrong -- Mulatu Astatke -- Edwin C. Berry -- Carlinhos Brown -- Cullen Bryant -- Jim Caldwell -- Roy DeCarava -- Ronald Dellums -- Herman D. Farrell Jr. -- Amos Ferguson -- Anthony Foxx -- Charles Sidney Gilpin -- Armando Guebuza -- Melissa Harris-Lacewell -- Willie W. Herenton -- Jesse Jackson Jr. -- Tito Jackson -- Blind Lemon Jefferson -- Robert G. Jones -- Dru Joyce -- Bernice King -- Pedro Martinez -- Maxwell -- Randall Cornell McDaniel -- Frank Melton -- Method Man -- Lamar Odom -- James Peterson -- Jesse Lee Peterson -- Lynden Pindling -- Charles Pugh -- Redman -- Julieanna Richardson -- Laura Richardson -- Faith Ringgold -- Doc Rivers -- Eugene F. Rivers III -- Mongo Santamaria -- Eugene Sawyer -- Erick Sermon -- Abraham D. Shadd -- Randy Smith -- Leonard H.O. Spearman Sr. -- Archie Spigner -- Michael Strahan -- Jazmine Sullivan -- Wanda Sykes -- Barbara Ann Teer -- John Douglas Thompson -- Tye Tribbett -- Wellington Webb -- Tiger Woods.
Summary:
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.
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