Title Contemporary Black biography. Volume 47 : 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 Maurice Ashley -- Arnold Auguste -- Barry C. Black -- Homer S. Brown -- Nick Cannon -- Wilfred (George Onslow) Cartey -- Wilt Chamberlain -- Maurice Cheeks -- Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton -- Charles "Chuck" Cooper -- Michael Copeland -- Leon Dash -- Frank Marshall Davis -- Mary Pearl Dougherty -- Julius "Dr. J" Erving -- Ronald L. Fair -- Tom Feelings -- Al Green -- Samuel C. Hamilton -- Carla D. Hayden -- Francis Hendy -- Kelly Holmes -- Cowan F. "Bubba" Hyde -- Shoshana Johnson -- Kem -- Femi Kuti -- Bob Lanier -- Carl Lumbly -- Steve McNair -- S. Epatha Merkerson -- Steve Mills -- Arthur Mitchell -- Cecil Murray -- Tai Murray -- Samuel Milton Nabrit -- Christina Norman -- Charles Ogletree, Jr. -- John Pinderhughes -- Gene Anthony Ray -- Jimmy Rodriguez -- Janna Scantlebury -- Ras Shorty I -- Fred Shuttlesworth -- Walter Sisulu -- Natalie Manns Taylor -- Marsha Thomason -- Conrad Tillard -- Askia Toure -- Gene Upshaw -- Iyanla Vanzant -- Gladys Gary Vaughn -- Perry E. Wallace Jr. -- Mark Whitaker -- Ray Wilkins -- Pharrell Williams 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: x, 289 pages : photographs ; 29 cm Print version record Subject Kem. Ashley, Maurice. Auguste, Arnold Black, Barry C. Brown, Homer S Cannon, Nick, 1980- Cartey, Wilfred, 1931-1992. Chamberlain, Wilt, 1936-1999. Cheeks, Maurice. Clifton, Nat Cooper, Chuck. Copeland, Michael. Dash, Leon. Davis, Frank Marshall, 1905-1987. Dougherty, Mary Pearl Erving, Julius. Fair, Ronald L. Feelings, Tom Green, Al, 1946- Hamilton, Samuel. Hayden, Carla Diane, 1952- Hendy, Francis. Holmes, Kelly. Hyde, Cowan F Johnson, Shoshana Kuti, Femi. Lanier, Bob, 1948- Lumbly, Carl. McNair, Steve, 1973-2009. Merkerson, S. Epatha, 1952- Mills, Steve. Mitchell, Arthur, 1934-2018. Murray, Cecil. Murray, Tai Nabrit, Samuel M., 1905-2003. Norman, Christina Ogletree, Charles J. Pinderhughes, John, 1946- Ray, Gene Anthony. Rodriguez, Jimmy Scantlebury, Janna Shorty I, Ras Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011. Sisulu, Walter Max. Taylor, Natalie Manns Thomason, Marsha, 1976- Tillard, Conrad Toureþ, Askia M Upshaw, Gene. Vanzant, Iyanla. Vaughn, Gladys Gary. Wallace, Perry, Jr Whitaker, Mark. Wilkins, Ray Williams, Pharrell. Ashley, Maurice. Black, Barry C. Cannon, Nick, 1980- Cartey, Wilfred, 1931-1992. Chamberlain, Wilt, 1936-1999. Cheeks, Maurice. Davis, Frank Marshall, 1905-1987. Erving, Julius. Fair, Ronald L. Feelings, Tom. Green, Al, 1946- Hayden, Carla Diane, 1952- Holmes, Kelly. Kuti, Femi. Lumbly, Carl. McNair, Steve, 1973-2009. Merkerson, S. Epatha, 1952- Mitchell, Arthur, 1934-2018 Murray, Cecil. Nabrit, Samuel M., 1905-2003. Ogletree, Charles J. Ray, Gene Anthony. Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011. Sisulu, Walter. Upshaw, Gene. Vanzant, Iyanla. Whitaker, Mark. Williams, Pharrell. African Americans -- Biography. Blacks -- Biography African Americans. Blacks. Genre/Form Gale Virtual Reference Library Biographies. Form Electronic book Author Pendergast, Sara. Pendergast, Tom. ISBN 0787667358 1414405464 9780787667351 9781414405469

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