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Black light : the African American hero Cover Image Book Book

Black light : the African American hero

Harrison, Paul Carter 1936- (Author).

Summary:

Profiles and photographs of black heroes in the following areas: Arts and literature -- Athletes -- Education -- Explorers -- Independent filmmakers -- Institution makers -- Media -- Military -- Music -- Performers -- Politicians -- Rappers -- Social activists.

Contents:

Maya Angelou
James Baldwin
Amiri Baraka
Romare Bearden
Alex Haley
Lorraine Hansberry
Langston Hughes
Toni Morrison
Ntozake Shange
Alice Walker
Hank Aaron
Muhammad Ali
Arthur Ashe
Dwight Gooden
Earving "
Magic"
Johnson
Michael Jordan
Florence Griffith Joyner
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Carl Lewis
Joe Louis
Jesse Owens
Jackie Robinson
Johnnetta B. Cole
Marva Collins
Matthew Henson
Mae Jemison
Ronald McNair
Bill Pinkney
Spike Lee
Gordon Parks, Sr.
Matty Rich
Melvin Van Peebles
Alvin Ailey and Judith Jamison
Arthur Mitchell
Douglas Turner Ward
Tony Brown
Arsenio Hall
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
John H. Johnson
Susan Taylor
Oprah Winfrey
Colin L. Powell
Marian Anderson
Louis Armstrong
James Brown
Miles Davis
Billie Holiday
Lena Horne
Charlie Parker
Stevie Wonder
Harry Belafonte
Bill Cosby
Ossie Davis &
Ruby Dee
Katherine Dunham
The Jackson Five
Eddie Murphy
Sidney Poitier
Richard Pryor
Paul Robeson
The Supremes
Tina Turner
Cicely Tyson
Denzel Washington
Keenan Ivory Wayans
Carol Moseley Braun
Shirley Chisholm
Harold Washington
Maxine Waters
Public Enemy
Queen Latifah
Angela Davis
Louis Farrakhan
Marcus Garvey
Clara "
Mother"
Hale
Fannie Lou Hamer
Anita Hill
Jesse Jackson
Coretta Scott King
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcolm X
Thurgood Marshall
Elijah Muhammad
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Rosa Parks
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Betty Shabazz
Al Sharpton
Frances Cress Welsing

Item details

  • ISBN: 1560250356 :
  • ISBN: 9781560250357
  • ISBN: 1560250607 (pbk.) :
  • ISBN: 9781560250609 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: print
    xxxii, 208 p. : ill ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Thunder's Mouth Press ; Emeryville, CA : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c1993.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-184).
Formatted Contents Note:
Maya Angelou
James Baldwin
Amiri Baraka
Romare Bearden
Alex Haley
Lorraine Hansberry
Langston Hughes
Toni Morrison
Ntozake Shange
Alice Walker
Hank Aaron
Muhammad Ali
Arthur Ashe
Dwight Gooden
Earving "Magic" Johnson
Michael Jordan
Florence Griffith Joyner
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Carl Lewis
Joe Louis
Jesse Owens
Jackie Robinson
Johnnetta B. Cole
Marva Collins
Matthew Henson
Mae Jemison
Ronald McNair
Bill Pinkney
Spike Lee
Gordon Parks, Sr.
Matty Rich
Melvin Van Peebles
Alvin Ailey and Judith Jamison
Arthur Mitchell
Douglas Turner Ward
Tony Brown
Arsenio Hall
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
John H. Johnson
Susan Taylor
Oprah Winfrey
Colin L. Powell
Marian Anderson
Louis Armstrong
James Brown
Miles Davis
Billie Holiday
Lena Horne
Charlie Parker
Stevie Wonder
Harry Belafonte
Bill Cosby
Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee
Katherine Dunham
The Jackson Five
Eddie Murphy
Sidney Poitier
Richard Pryor
Paul Robeson
The Supremes
Tina Turner
Cicely Tyson
Denzel Washington
Keenan Ivory Wayans
Carol Moseley Braun
Shirley Chisholm
Harold Washington
Maxine Waters
Public Enemy
Queen Latifah
Angela Davis
Louis Farrakhan
Marcus Garvey
Clara "Mother" Hale
Fannie Lou Hamer
Anita Hill
Jesse Jackson
Coretta Scott King
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcolm X
Thurgood Marshall
Elijah Muhammad
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Rosa Parks
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Betty Shabazz
Al Sharpton
Frances Cress Welsing

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      Brooks County Public Library Headquarters 		305 HAR ( Send Text)
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      Morrow Branch 		973.0496 HARRISON, PAUL CARTER ( Send Text)
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