You may have glimpsed Jessie Carney Smith's reference book of 500 biographies, Notable Black American Women (see Book Review, June 1992), and thought, Wow! You may also have been intimidated by its price ($75) or its length (1,300+ pages). Now, there's the next best thing: Epic Lives: One Hundred Black Women Who Made a Difference.
This condensed version of NBAW contains profiles of past and present trailblazers and singular sensations in the arts, business, education, politics and other fields. Many of the subjects--Marian …
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