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Here is theGrio’s list of most influential Black politicians in American history. Hiram Rhodes Revels Hiram Revels is depicted around 1870, the year he was elected to the U.S. Senate.
This is a list of African-American activists [1] covering various areas of activism, but primarily focused on those African-Americans who historically and currently have been fighting racism and racial injustice against African-Americans. The United States has a long history of racism against its Black citizens. [2]
Ebony’s “Most Influential Black Americans List” debuted in 1971, celebrating Black expression and cultural impact, and has evolved into the Power 100 list. The 2024 honorees, presented ...
100 Greatest African Americans is a biographical dictionary of one hundred historically great Black Americans (in alphabetical order; that is, they are not ranked), as assessed by Temple University professor Molefi Kete Asante in 2002. A similar book was written by Columbus Salley.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the term "African American" includes all individuals who identify with one or more nationalities or ethnic groups originating in any of the black racial groups of Africa. [2] The term is generally used for Americans with at least partial ancestry in any of the original peoples of sub-Saharan Africa.
The Defender became one of the nation’s largest and most influential Black newspapers, and its circulation grew from 50,000 copies in 1916, to 125,000 in 1918, and to over 200,000 in the 1920s.
Lester Holt (born 1959), journalist and news anchor, Republican until 2018, Independent since. Deborah Honeycutt (born 1947), 2006, 2008, 2010 congressional candidate; Perry Howard (1835–1907), represented Holmes County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives (1872 - 1875) and served on the county board of supervisors.
Hailed as one of the most influential Black media publishers, Johnson got his start working for Supreme Life Insurance Company collecting weekly news clippings for his manager, which sparked his ...