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Three times a year, this extraordinary reference series provides biographical profiles of important persons of African heritage. Whether they are personalities from the news, selected 20th-century notables, or individuals who are not yet household names, these are the men and women who are changing today's world and shaping the world of tomorrow. Each volume of Contemporary Black Biography contains at least 65 full-length biographies written in an easy-to-follow prose style, ranging from 2 to 4 pages each. Arranged alphabetically, entries are divided by subheads for quick scanning. Sections cover: Portrait (as available) Date and place of birth Educational background Address Career data Memberships Awards received Detailed prose essay Contemporary Black Biography is not limited to coverage of only notable black Americans, nor is it restricted by a manufactured definition of ""contemporary."" Its multinational coverage spans this century and includes rising personalities as well as groundbreakers and newsmakers in a variety of fields.

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Book category Książki po angielsku Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social groups

• Full title: Contemporary Black Biography
• Subtitle: Profiles from the International Black Community
• Author: Margaret Mazurkiewicz
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 285
• EAN: 9781414480701
• ID: 04789203
• Publisher: Cengage Gale
• Weight: 930 g
• Dimensions: 279 × 216 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 11. January 2013

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