A biographical dictionary of notable living people in the United States of America.

The nation's preeminent record of leadership! For over a century, people in all walks of life have praised WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA for its value and usefulness. Researchers, librarians, business managers, journalists and others rely on this authoritative directory every day for biographical information on America's most notable men and women from every field of endeavor. The 2009 Edition of WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA provides information on over 80,000 of the nation's most noteworthy people in a single, comprehensive resource. Compiled by the Marquis Who's Who editors using proprietary standards developed over 110 years ago and refined annually, this trusted book is the ultimate biographical reference tool for networking, prospecting, fact-checking, and numerous other research purposes. Includes a 16 page color insert celebrating 100 years of Who's Who in America.

A biographical dictionary of notable living people in the United States of America.

Two Volume set of the nation's preeminent record of leadership! For over a century, people in all walks of life have praised WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA for its value and usefulness. Researchers, librarians, business managers, journalists and others rely on this authoritative directory every day for biographical information on America's most notable men and women from every field of endeavor. The 2009 Edition of WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA provides information on over 80,000 of the nation's most noteworthy people in a single, comprehensive resource. Compiled by the Marquis Who's Who editors using proprietary standards developed over 110 years ago and refined annually, this trusted book is the ultimate biographical reference tool for networking, prospecting, fact-checking, and numerous other research purposes. Includes 16 page colour insert celebrating 110 years of Who's Who in America.

How do we make sense of what it means to be Black in a world with room for both Michelle Obama and Precious? Tour , an iconic commentator and journalist, defines and demystifies modern Blackness with wit, authority, and irreverent humor. In the age of Obama, racial attitudes have become more complicated and nuanced than ever before. Americans are searching for new ways of understanding Blackness, partly inspired by a President who is unlike any Black man ever seen on our national stage. This book aims to destroy the notion that there is a correct or even definable way of being Black. It’s a discussion mixing the personal and the intellectual. It gives us intimate and painful stories of how race and racial expectations have shaped Tour ’s life as well as a look at how the concept of Post-Blackness functions in politics, psychology, the Black visual arts world, Chappelle’s Show, and more. For research Tour has turned to some of the most important luminaries of our time for frank and thought-provoking opinions, including Rev. Jesse Jackson, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Cornel West, Michael Eric Dyson, Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Malcolm Gladwell, Harold Ford, Jr., Kara Walker, Kehinde Wiley, Chuck D, and many others. Their comments and disagreements with one another may come as a surprise to many readers. Of special interest is a personal racial memoir by the author in which he depicts defining moments in his life when he confronts the question of race head-on. In another chapter—sure to be controversial—he explains why he no longer uses the word “nigga.” Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness? is a complex conversation on modern America that aims to change how we perceive race in ways that are as nuanced and spirited as the nation itself.