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African American national biography. Sample biographies /

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A sample of 25 biographies from the first edition published in 8 volumes 2008; including Muhammad Ali, Miles Davis, W.E.B. Du Bois, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesse Owens, Rosa Parks, Oprah Winfrey.

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Other Authors:	Gates, Henry Louis, Jr (Editor), Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks, 1945- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2008?]
Subjects:	African Americans > Biography. Biographies.

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