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Profiles 150 African-americans Who Have Made A Lasting And Profound Impact On The American Culture In The Twentieth Century. 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
- Author
- Jessie Carney Smith, editor
- Publisher
- Detroit, MI: Visible Ink Press
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781578590216
- Subjects
- Memoir, History, Biography
- Rating
- 2.9 / 5 (2 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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