African American biography.
- Detroit, MI : U X L, c1994.
- xvi.812p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- African American reference library .
- African American reference library. .
Includes index.
v. 1. A-D -- v.2. E-J -- v. 3. K-R -- v.4. S-Z.
Profiles three hundred African Americans prominent in their fields, from civil rights to athletics, politics to literature, entertainment to science, religion to the military. A black and white portrait accompanies each entry, and a cumulative subject index lists all individuals by field of endeavor.