African American biography. 

 - Detroit, MI. :  U.X.L.,  c1999, 1994. 
 - 5 v. :  p., illus. ;  25 cm. 
 - African American reference library. .
<br/><br/> Includes indexes. 
<br/><br/>vol. 1 A-D -- vol. 2 E-J -- vol. 3 K-R -- vol. 4 S-Z -- vol. 5 ( A-Z annual update) and cumulative subject index. 
<br/><br/> Profile 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0810392348 (set : alk. paper) 0810392356 (vol. 1 : alk. paper) 0810392364 (vol. 2 : alk. paper) 0810392372 (vol. 3 : alk. paper) 0810392380 (vol. 4 : alk. paper) 0787635626 (vol. 5: alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>93045651 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--African Americans--Biography.