Tatyana Ali -- Halima Bashir -- Charles M. Blow -- Usain Bolt -- Melanie Brown -- Nappy Brown -- Nick Cannon -- J.L. Chestnut Jr. -- Zoanne Clack -- Lisa Cooper -- Ulysses Currie -- Tirunesh Dibaba -- Bobby Durham -- Samuel Eto'o -- Patrick Ewing -- Capers C. Funnye Jr. -- Ken Griffey Jr. -- Danai Gurira -- Corey Harris -- Isaac Hayes -- Arlene Holt Baker -- Mary Jackson -- Valerie Jarrett -- Cullen Jones -- Seu Jorge -- John Keene -- Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete -- Wendo Kolosoy -- K-Swift -- Ledisi -- Lisa Leslie -- Nancy Hicks Maynard -- Thabo Mbeki -- Chi McBride -- Jaunel McKenzie -- Breno Mello -- Russ Mitchell -- Art Monk -- Otto Neals -- Lorraine O'Grady -- Jackie Ormes -- Joseph C. Phillips -- Run -- Nikkole Salter -- Kimbo Slice -- Tasha Smith -- Michael Steele -- Charles R. Stith -- Carl Stokes -- T-Pain -- Richard Wesley -- Norman Whitfield -- Michelle Williams -- Serena Williams -- Maury Wills
Summary
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
