Dean Barrow -- Ishmael Beah -- Louise Bennett -- Deborah K. Blanks -- Mariah Carey -- Johnnie Carr -- Andre Carson -- Julia Carson -- Aime Cesaire -- Robert Cheruiyot -- Barbara Ciara -- Ornette Coleman -- Robert Colescott -- Ivan Dixon -- Tommy Flanagan -- Gerald Gill -- Steve Gilliard -- Whoopi Goldberg -- Darius Gray -- Tata Guines -- Evelynn Hammonds -- David Hammons -- Amy Holmes -- Bernard Hopkins -- Ahmad Jamal -- Sharpe James -- Jay-Z -- Lyfe Jennings -- Colbert I. King -- Mildred Loving -- Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth -- Buddy Miles -- Kim Myles -- Pamela Newkirk -- Michael Nutter -- Basil A. Paterson -- R. Eugene Pincham Sr. -- Peggy A. Quince -- Charles H. Ramsey -- John Ridley -- LaVaughn Robinson -- Matt Robinson -- Will Robinson -- Ronaldinho -- Stephen A. Smith -- Stew -- Darryl Stingley -- Michael Thomas -- Yvonne S. Thornton -- Herschel Walker -- Harriet A. Washington -- Henrietta Bell Wells -- Teri Woods -- Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. -- Umaru Yar'adua
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
