Contemporary Black Biography Volume 60

Description:

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.

subjects: African Americans,  Biography,  Blacks

People: Jenoyne Adams,  Courtney B. Vance,  Tyron McFarlan,  Cedric the Entertainer (1965-),  Kimberly Oliver,  Lucille L. Adams-Campbell,  Michael Datcher (1967-),  A. Leon Lowry Sr,  Truman K. Gibson (1912-2005),  Grandmaster Flash,  Marcia Cooke,  Dudley Williams (1938-2015),  Rodney Peete,  Antoinette Wright,  Natalie Cole (1950-2015),  Earl Caldwell,  Mike Epps,  Lawrence Bobo,  Yannick Noah (1960-),  Marilyn H. Gaston,  Eugene Record,  Jackie Wilson,  Charlotte E. Ray,  Walter J. Turnbull,  Rick Mahorn,  James Brown (1933-2006),  Constance LaMay Rice,  Allen Toussaint,  Norman C. Francis,  Ludacris (Rapper),  Mose Tolliver (1920-2006),  Mara Brock Akil,  Adrian M. Fenty,  Ursula M. Burns,  Janet Langhart Cohen (1941-),  Simon Nkoli (1957-1998),  Bobby Womack,  Oguchi Onyewu,  Jermain Taylor,  Debra J. Dickerson (1959-),  Felicia P. Fields,  Mohammed Ali (1971-),  Sun Ra,  Mwai, dd1931- Kibaki,  Wambui Bahati,  Ice Cube (Musician),  William D. Payne (1932-),  Sam Fine,  Freddie Perren,  James Stewart (1985-),  Paul Rusesabagina (1954-),  Martin Lawrence (1965-),  Mal Whitfield (1924-2015),  Mary J. Blige,  Michelle Ebanks