Title Contemporary Black biography. Volume 48 : profiles from the international Black community / Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast, editors

Published Detroit, Mich. : Thomson Gale, [2005] ©2005

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Description 1 online resource Series Gale virtual reference library Gale virtual reference library. Contents Carl Anderson -- Kofi Atta Annan -- Anita Baker -- Fred "Rerun" Berry -- Andrew F. Brimmer -- Ella Bully-Cummings -- Mickey Burnim -- Aime Cesaire -- Ray Charles -- Lorraine Cole -- Wanda Coleman -- PonJola Coney -- David Dabydeen -- Charles T. Davis -- Ernie Davis -- Ronald and Rony Delice -- Georgia Dunston -- Christopher Edley -- Christopher F. Edley, Jr. -- Gladys Edmunds -- Sarah Webster Fabio -- Elton Fax -- Allyson Felix -- Ray Fleming -- Marie Foster -- Jamie Foxx -- George Grace -- Lorenz Graham -- Samuel Greenlee -- Robert Guillaume -- Alphonso Jackson -- Major L. Jemison -- Levi Johnson -- Sheila Crump Johnson -- John A. Kenney -- Georges Laraque -- Risa Lavizzo-Mourey -- Thomas Mensah -- Azie Taylor Morton -- Andrea Nelson Meigs -- John J. Oliver, Jr. -- Helen Owens -- John Payton -- Malika Sanders -- Kurt Schmoke -- "Little" Jimmy Scott -- Howard "Sandman" Sims -- Vincent D. Smith -- Mathew St. Patrick -- Wanda Sykes -- Luther Vandross -- Ozzie Virgil -- Bill White -- L. Douglas Wilder -- Andrew Young 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Original: ix, 262 pages : photographs ; 29 cm Print version record Subject Anderson, Carl, 1945-2004. Annan, Kofi A. (Kofi Atta) Baker, Anita. Berry, Fred. Brimmer, Andrew F. Bully-Cummings, Ella Burnim, Mickey Cesaire, Aimeþ Charles, Ray, 1930-2004. Cole, Lorraine T. Coleman, Wanda. Coney, PonJola Dabydeen, David. Davis, Charles T. (Charles Twitchell), 1918-1981. Davis, Ernie, 1939-1963. Delice, Ronald and Rony Dunston, Georgia M. Edley, Christopher F., 1928-2003. Edley, Christopher F., 1953- Edmunds, Gladys. Fabio, Sarah Webster, 1928-1979. Fax, Elton C. Felix, Allyson Fleming, Ray Foster, Marie. Foxx, Jamie. Grace, George. Graham, Lorenz B. Greenlee, Sam, 1930-2014. Guillaume, Robert. Jackson, Alphonso. Jemison, Major L Johnson, Levi Johnson, Sheila C. Kenney, John A., 1914- Laraque, George Lavizzo-Mourey, Risa. Mensah, Thomas O., 1950- Morton, Azie Taylor, 1936-2003. Nelson Meigs, Andrea Oliver, John J Payton, John. Sanders, Malika Schmoke, Kurt L. Scott, Jimmy, 1925-2014. Sims, Sandman. Smith, Vincent, 1929- St. Patrick, Mathew, 1969- Sykes, Wanda, 1964- Vandross, Luther. Virgil, Ozzie White, Bill. Wilder, Doug Young, Andrew, 1932- Anderson, Carl, 1945-2004. Annan, Kofi A. (Kofi Atta) Baker, Anita, 1958- Brimmer, Andrew F. Charles, Ray, 1930-2004. Coleman, Wanda. Dabydeen, David. Davis, Charles T. (Charles Twitchell), 1918-1981. Davis, Ernie, 1939-1963. Edley, Christopher F., 1928-2003 Fabio, Sarah Webster, 1928-1979. Fax, Elton C. Foxx, Jamie. Graham, Lorenz. Greenlee, Sam, 1930-2014. Guillaume, Robert. Jackson, Alphonso. Kenney, John A., 1914- Mensah, Thomas O., 1950- Schmoke, Kurt L. Scott, Jimmy, 1925-2014. Sims, Sandman. Smith, Vincent, 1929- Sykes, Wanda, 1964- Vandross, Luther. Wilder, Lawrence Douglas, 1931- Young, Andrew, 1932- African Americans -- Biography. Blacks -- Biography African Americans. Blacks. Genre/Form Gale Virtual Reference Library Biographies. Form Electronic book Author Pendergast, Sara. Pendergast, Tom. ISBN 0787667366 1414405472 9780787667368 9781414405476

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