Complete List of Contents Volume 1 Contents. v Josephine Baker . 78 Publisher’s Note . vii James Baldwin. 81 Contributors . xi James Presley Ball. 84 Key to Pronunciation. xvii Toni Cade Bambara . 86 Complete List of Contents . xix Ernie Banks . 88 Tyra Banks. 90 Aaliyah . 1 Benjamin Banneker . 92 Hank Aaron . 3 Edward Mitchell Bannister . 94 Robert S. Abbott . 5 Amiri Baraka . 96 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar . 8 Charles Barkley . 99 Ralph David Abernathy . 11 Steven Barnes . 101 Faye Adams . 14 Gerald William Barrax . 102 Cannonball Adderley . 15 Marion Barry . 104 Alvin Ailey . 18 Richmond Barthé. 107 George Edward Alcorn . 20 Count Basie . 109 Ira Frederick Aldridge. 22 Jean-Michel Basquiat . 111 Elizabeth Alexander . 24 Charlotta Spears Bass . 113 Muhammad Ali . 26 Angela Bassett . 115 Noble Drew Ali . 29 Daisy Bates. 116 Damon Allen . 31 Alvin Batiste . 118 Debbie Allen . 33 Kathleen Battle. 119 Marcus Allen . 34 Elgin Baylor . 121 Richard Allen . 36 Bob Beamon . 123 Allen Allensworth . 38 Andrew Jackson Beard. 125 Charles Alston . 40 Romare Bearden . 126 Gene Ammons. 41 Louise Beavers . 129 Wally Amos . 43 Tyson Beckford . 130 Eddie “Rochester” Anderson . 45 Jim Beckwourth . 132 Marian Anderson . 47 Julius Wesley Becton, Jr. 134 Maya Angelou . 50 Harry Belafonte . 136 Henry Armstrong . 53 Cool Papa Bell . 138 Lillian Hardin Armstrong . 55 James Madison Bell . 140 Louis Armstrong . 57 Chuck Berry . 141 Molefi Kete Asante . 60 Halle Berry . 144 Arthur Ashe . 63 Blind Tom Bethune . 145 Evelyn Ashford . 65 Mary McLeod Bethune . 148 Crispus Attucks . 66 James Bevel . 150 Chauncey Billups . 152 Babyface. 69 David Harold Blackwell . 153 Pearl Bailey . 71 Edward Blackwell . 156 Dusty Baker . 73 Henry Blair. 158 Ella Baker . 75 Eubie Blake . 159 Houston A. Baker, Jr. 77 Art Blakey . 162 xix African Americans Bobby Blue Bland . 163 Kobe Bryant . 256 James Bland . 165 Eugene Jacques Bullard . 259 Jimmy Blanton . 167 Ed Bullins . 260 Mary J. Blige. 168 Ralph Bunche . 262 Vida Blue. 170 Solomon Burke. 265 Guion Bluford . 171 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke . 267 Charles F. Bolden, Jr.. 173 Harry T. Burleigh . 268 Jane Matilda Bolin . 175 Roland Burris . 271 Horace Mann Bond . 177 Nannie Helen Burroughs . 273 Julian Bond. 179 LeVar Burton. 275 Barry Bonds . 182 George Washington Bush . 277 Margaret Allison Bonds . 185 Octavia E. Butler . 279 Marita Bonner . 186 Arna Bontemps. 188 Lee Calhoun . 282 Ralph Boston. 190 Cab Calloway . 283 Sister Thea Bowman . 192 Godfrey Cambridge . 286 Otis Boykin . 193 Roy Campanella . 288 Perry Bradford . 195 Bebe Moore Campbell . 290 David Bradley . 196 E. Simms Campbell . 292 Ed Bradley . 198 Earl Campbell . 294 Tom Bradley . 200 Irene Cara . 296 William Stanley Braithwaite . 202 Francis Lewis Cardozo. 298 Carol E. Moseley Braun . 204 Rod Carew . 300 Anthony Braxton . 206 Mariah Carey. 301 Toni Braxton . 208 John Carlos. 303 Cyril V. Briggs . 210 Stokely Carmichael . 305 Andrew Felton Brimmer . 212 Harry Carney . 308 Lou Brock . 213 William H. Carney . 309 Edward W. Brooke . 215 Leroy Carr . 311 Gwendolyn Brooks. 217 Diahann Carroll . 312 Big Bill Broonzy . 220 Benny Carter . 314 Charles Brown . 222 Nell Carter . 316 Charlotte Hawkins Brown . 223 Stephen L. Carter. 318 Claude Brown . 225 George Washington Carver . 319 Clifford Brown . 227 Lorene Cary . 322 Dorothy Lavinia Brown . 229 Bernie Casey . 324 Elaine Brown. 230 Cedric the Entertainer . 325 H. Rap Brown . 232 Wilt Chamberlain . 327 James Brown . 234 James Chaney . 330 Jim Brown . 237 Dave Chappelle . 333 Ray Brown . 239 Ezzard Charles . 334 Ron Brown . 241 Ray Charles . 336.