The Resource The complete encyclopedia of African American history, Heroes and heroines
The complete encyclopedia of African American history, Heroes and heroines
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- Summary
- This volume highlights the biographies of African American men and women of note, heroes, as defined by their lives and work
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xv, 733 pages
- Note
- Originally published: Black heroes of the 20th century / Jessie Carney Smith, editor ; foreword by Nikki Giovanni. -- Canton, MI : Visible Ink Press, c1998
- Contents
-
- Hank Aaron
- Robert S. Abbott
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Alvin Ailey
- Muhammad Ali
- Marian Anderson
- Maya Angelou
- Arthur Ashe
- Josephine Baker
- Ernie Banks
- Count Basie
- Romare Bearden
- Harry Belafonte
- Lerone Bennett Jr.
- Mary Berry
- Mary McLeod Bethune
- Julian Bond
- Arna Bontemps
- Edward W. Brooke
- Gwendolyn Brooks
- James Brown
- Ron Brown
- Ralph Bunche
- Nannie Helen Burroughs
- Sherian Grace Cadoria
- Stokely Carmichael
- Elizabeth Catlett
- Shirley Chisholm
- Kenneth B. Clark
- Septima Clark
- Eldridge Cleaver
- Johnnie Cochran
- Nat "King" Cole
- Annie J. Cooper
- Bill Cosby
- Dorothy Dandridge
- Angela Davis
- Benjamin O. Davis Sr.
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- The Delany sisters. David N. Dinkins
- M.J. Divine (Father Divine)
- Aaron Douglas
- Charles R. Drew
- W.E.B. Du Bois
- Katherine Dunham
- Marian Wright Edelman
- Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds
- Joycelyn Elders
- Duke Ellington
- Medgar W. Evers
- Louis Farrakhan
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Aretha Franklin
- John Hope Franklin
- Marcus Garvey
- Henry Louis Gates Jr.
- Nikki Giovanni
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Berry Gordy
- Earl G. Graves
- William H. Gray III
- Bryant C. Gumbel
- Alex Haley
- Fannie Lou Hamer
- W.C. Handy
- Patricia Harris
- William H. Hastie
- Charlotte Hawkins Brown
- Dorothy Height
- Jimi Hendrix
- Lena Horne
- Charles Hamilton Houston
- Langston Hughes
- Zora Neale Hurston
- Jesse L. Jackson
- Michael Jackson. Shirley Ann Jackson
- Mae C. Jemison
- Charles S. Johnson
- Earvin "Magic" Johnson
- James Weldon Johnson
- John H. Johnson
- Robert L. Johnson
- Quincy D. Jones
- Barbara Jordan
- Michael Jordan
- Percy L. Julian
- Ernest E. Just
- B.B. King
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Jacob Lawrence
- Spike Lee
- Alain Locke
- Jackie "Moms" Mabley
- Haki Madhubuti
- Annie Turnbo Malone
- Thurgood Marshall
- James Meredith
- Kweisi Mfume
- Oscar Micheaux
- Florence Mills
- Toni Morrison
- Carol E. Moseley-Braun
- Elijah Muhammad
- Eddie Murphy
- Huey P. Newton
- Jesse Owens
- Charlie "Yardbird" Parker
- Gordon Parks
- Rosa Parks
- Bill Pickett
- Sidney Poitier
- Alvin F. Poussaint
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
- Colin L. Powell. Leontyne Price
- Samuel DeWitt Procter
- A. Philip Randolph
- Paul Robeson
- Jackie Robinson
- Randall Robinson
- Carl T. Rowan
- Bayard Rustin
- Arthur A. Schomburg
- Betty Shabazz
- Charles Clinton Spaulding
- Mabel Keaton Staupers
- Mary Church Terrell
- William Monroe Trotter
- Rosina Tucker
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Madame C.J. Walker
- Denzel Washington
- Maxine Waters
- Faye Wattleton
- Robert C. Weaver
- Ida B. Wells Barnett
- Cornel West
- Walter White
- L. Douglas Wilder
- August Wilson
- Oprah Winfrey
- Tiger Woods
- Carter G. Woodson
- Richard Wright
- Malcolm X
- Andrew Young
- Coleman Young
- Whitney Moore Young Jr
- Isbn
- 9781578595372
- Label
- The complete encyclopedia of African American history, Heroes and heroines
- Title
- The complete encyclopedia of African American history
- Title part
- Heroes and heroines
- Title variation
- Heroes and heroines
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This volume highlights the biographies of African American men and women of note, heroes, as defined by their lives and work
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- SA7
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
- Black heroes of the 20th century
- Dewey number
- 920/.009296073
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E185.96
- LC item number
- .B5337 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- bibliography
- encyclopedias
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1930-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Smith, Jessie Carney
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- African Americans
- African Americans
- Heroes
- Label
- The complete encyclopedia of African American history, Heroes and heroines
- Note
- Originally published: Black heroes of the 20th century / Jessie Carney Smith, editor ; foreword by Nikki Giovanni. -- Canton, MI : Visible Ink Press, c1998
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Hank Aaron -- Robert S. Abbott -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -- Alvin Ailey -- Muhammad Ali -- Marian Anderson -- Maya Angelou -- Arthur Ashe -- Josephine Baker -- Ernie Banks -- Count Basie -- Romare Bearden -- Harry Belafonte -- Lerone Bennett Jr. -- Mary Berry -- Mary McLeod Bethune -- Julian Bond -- Arna Bontemps -- Edward W. Brooke -- Gwendolyn Brooks -- James Brown -- Ron Brown -- Ralph Bunche -- Nannie Helen Burroughs -- Sherian Grace Cadoria -- Stokely Carmichael -- Elizabeth Catlett -- Shirley Chisholm -- Kenneth B. Clark -- Septima Clark -- Eldridge Cleaver -- Johnnie Cochran -- Nat "King" Cole -- Annie J. Cooper -- Bill Cosby -- Dorothy Dandridge -- Angela Davis -- Benjamin O. Davis Sr. -- Sammy Davis Jr. -- The Delany sisters. David N. Dinkins -- M.J. Divine (Father Divine) -- Aaron Douglas -- Charles R. Drew -- W.E.B. Du Bois -- Katherine Dunham -- Marian Wright Edelman -- Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds -- Joycelyn Elders -- Duke Ellington -- Medgar W. Evers -- Louis Farrakhan -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Aretha Franklin -- John Hope Franklin -- Marcus Garvey -- Henry Louis Gates Jr. -- Nikki Giovanni -- Whoopi Goldberg -- Berry Gordy -- Earl G. Graves -- William H. Gray III -- Bryant C. Gumbel -- Alex Haley -- Fannie Lou Hamer -- W.C. Handy -- Patricia Harris -- William H. Hastie -- Charlotte Hawkins Brown -- Dorothy Height -- Jimi Hendrix -- Lena Horne -- Charles Hamilton Houston -- Langston Hughes -- Zora Neale Hurston -- Jesse L. Jackson -- Michael Jackson. Shirley Ann Jackson -- Mae C. Jemison -- Charles S. Johnson -- Earvin "Magic" Johnson -- James Weldon Johnson -- John H. Johnson -- Robert L. Johnson -- Quincy D. Jones -- Barbara Jordan -- Michael Jordan -- Percy L. Julian -- Ernest E. Just -- B.B. King -- Martin Luther King Jr. -- Jacob Lawrence -- Spike Lee -- Alain Locke -- Jackie "Moms" Mabley -- Haki Madhubuti -- Annie Turnbo Malone -- Thurgood Marshall -- James Meredith -- Kweisi Mfume -- Oscar Micheaux -- Florence Mills -- Toni Morrison -- Carol E. Moseley-Braun -- Elijah Muhammad -- Eddie Murphy -- Huey P. Newton -- Jesse Owens -- Charlie "Yardbird" Parker -- Gordon Parks -- Rosa Parks -- Bill Pickett -- Sidney Poitier -- Alvin F. Poussaint -- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. -- Colin L. Powell. Leontyne Price -- Samuel DeWitt Procter -- A. Philip Randolph -- Paul Robeson -- Jackie Robinson -- Randall Robinson -- Carl T. Rowan -- Bayard Rustin -- Arthur A. Schomburg -- Betty Shabazz -- Charles Clinton Spaulding -- Mabel Keaton Staupers -- Mary Church Terrell -- William Monroe Trotter -- Rosina Tucker -- Melvin Van Peebles -- Madame C.J. Walker -- Denzel Washington -- Maxine Waters -- Faye Wattleton -- Robert C. Weaver -- Ida B. Wells Barnett -- Cornel West -- Walter White -- L. Douglas Wilder -- August Wilson -- Oprah Winfrey -- Tiger Woods -- Carter G. Woodson -- Richard Wright -- Malcolm X -- Andrew Young -- Coleman Young -- Whitney Moore Young Jr
- Control code
- 1580236
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Extent
- xv, 733 pages
- Isbn
- 9781578595372
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1580236
- (OCoLC)881502854
- Label
- The complete encyclopedia of African American history, Heroes and heroines
- Note
- Originally published: Black heroes of the 20th century / Jessie Carney Smith, editor ; foreword by Nikki Giovanni. -- Canton, MI : Visible Ink Press, c1998
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Hank Aaron -- Robert S. Abbott -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -- Alvin Ailey -- Muhammad Ali -- Marian Anderson -- Maya Angelou -- Arthur Ashe -- Josephine Baker -- Ernie Banks -- Count Basie -- Romare Bearden -- Harry Belafonte -- Lerone Bennett Jr. -- Mary Berry -- Mary McLeod Bethune -- Julian Bond -- Arna Bontemps -- Edward W. Brooke -- Gwendolyn Brooks -- James Brown -- Ron Brown -- Ralph Bunche -- Nannie Helen Burroughs -- Sherian Grace Cadoria -- Stokely Carmichael -- Elizabeth Catlett -- Shirley Chisholm -- Kenneth B. Clark -- Septima Clark -- Eldridge Cleaver -- Johnnie Cochran -- Nat "King" Cole -- Annie J. Cooper -- Bill Cosby -- Dorothy Dandridge -- Angela Davis -- Benjamin O. Davis Sr. -- Sammy Davis Jr. -- The Delany sisters. David N. Dinkins -- M.J. Divine (Father Divine) -- Aaron Douglas -- Charles R. Drew -- W.E.B. Du Bois -- Katherine Dunham -- Marian Wright Edelman -- Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds -- Joycelyn Elders -- Duke Ellington -- Medgar W. Evers -- Louis Farrakhan -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Aretha Franklin -- John Hope Franklin -- Marcus Garvey -- Henry Louis Gates Jr. -- Nikki Giovanni -- Whoopi Goldberg -- Berry Gordy -- Earl G. Graves -- William H. Gray III -- Bryant C. Gumbel -- Alex Haley -- Fannie Lou Hamer -- W.C. Handy -- Patricia Harris -- William H. Hastie -- Charlotte Hawkins Brown -- Dorothy Height -- Jimi Hendrix -- Lena Horne -- Charles Hamilton Houston -- Langston Hughes -- Zora Neale Hurston -- Jesse L. Jackson -- Michael Jackson. Shirley Ann Jackson -- Mae C. Jemison -- Charles S. Johnson -- Earvin "Magic" Johnson -- James Weldon Johnson -- John H. Johnson -- Robert L. Johnson -- Quincy D. Jones -- Barbara Jordan -- Michael Jordan -- Percy L. Julian -- Ernest E. Just -- B.B. King -- Martin Luther King Jr. -- Jacob Lawrence -- Spike Lee -- Alain Locke -- Jackie "Moms" Mabley -- Haki Madhubuti -- Annie Turnbo Malone -- Thurgood Marshall -- James Meredith -- Kweisi Mfume -- Oscar Micheaux -- Florence Mills -- Toni Morrison -- Carol E. Moseley-Braun -- Elijah Muhammad -- Eddie Murphy -- Huey P. Newton -- Jesse Owens -- Charlie "Yardbird" Parker -- Gordon Parks -- Rosa Parks -- Bill Pickett -- Sidney Poitier -- Alvin F. Poussaint -- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. -- Colin L. Powell. Leontyne Price -- Samuel DeWitt Procter -- A. Philip Randolph -- Paul Robeson -- Jackie Robinson -- Randall Robinson -- Carl T. Rowan -- Bayard Rustin -- Arthur A. Schomburg -- Betty Shabazz -- Charles Clinton Spaulding -- Mabel Keaton Staupers -- Mary Church Terrell -- William Monroe Trotter -- Rosina Tucker -- Melvin Van Peebles -- Madame C.J. Walker -- Denzel Washington -- Maxine Waters -- Faye Wattleton -- Robert C. Weaver -- Ida B. Wells Barnett -- Cornel West -- Walter White -- L. Douglas Wilder -- August Wilson -- Oprah Winfrey -- Tiger Woods -- Carter G. Woodson -- Richard Wright -- Malcolm X -- Andrew Young -- Coleman Young -- Whitney Moore Young Jr
- Control code
- 1580236
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Extent
- xv, 733 pages
- Isbn
- 9781578595372
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1580236
- (OCoLC)881502854
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