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Laila Ali -- Norman Carey Amaker -- Emma Amos -- Mike Anderson -- Trey Anthony -- Tichina Arnold -- Evelyn Ashford -- Jim and Gloria Austin -- Philip Bailey -- Dean Baquet -- Black Thought -- Barry Bonds -- Cupcake Brown -- Sheryll Cashin -- Presley Chweneyagae -- Albert B. Cleage, Jr. -- Keyshia Cole -- Common -- Andy Cooper -- Michael C. Dawson -- Taye Diggs -- Luisa Dias Diogo -- Margie Eugene-Richard -- Isaac Newton Farris, Jr. -- Arthur A. Fletcher -- Ann Gregory -- Bob Herbert -- Oliver W. Hill -- Jennifer Hudson -- Samuel L. Jackson -- Je'Caryous Johnson -- Denise Kaigler -- Rachel Boone Keith -- Gwendolyn Knight -- Amel Larrieux -- Bobby Lashley -- Sister Gertrude Morgan -- Hamilton Naki -- Apollo Milton Obote -- Helen L. Phillips -- Preacher Moss -- E. Albert Reece -- Max Roach -- Renee Stout -- Tamar-kali -- Tampa Red -- Tamara Tunie -- Gene Washington -- Carrie Mae Weems -- Alek Wek -- Emil Wilbekin -- Frederick B. Williams -- Mattiebelle Woods -- Samuel F. Yette -- Young Jeezy
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