> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.rbcdart.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # 44 most influential Black Americans - URL: https://www.rbcdart.com/44-most/ - Published: 2021-09-26T07:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2022-11-29T22:26:05.000Z - Description: Thought out I would start out on a positive note... - Author: Richard Baer ChauDavis - Tags: BLM, Social Justice, Public SFW, zzz-2020 [BLM - rbcdartAll pieces and projects that are based on Black Lives Matter or Saying Their Names![](https://www.rbcdart.com/favicon.ico)rbcdart![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/6d/926d519d-f11f-485f-bd18-8456e07a63e7/content/images/2022/11/VictoLarosaIII-6644.jpg)](https://www.rbcdart.com/tag/blm/) --- **Andscape.com (list of 44 most influential Black Americans in history)** Thought out I would start out on a positive note... [Introduction](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#introduction), [Robert Abbott](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#robert-abbott), [Alvin Ailey](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#alvin-ailey), [Muhammad Ali](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#muhammad-ali), [Richard Allen](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#richard-allen), [Maya Angelou](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#maya-angelou), [Ella Baker](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#ella-baker), [James Baldwin](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#james-baldwin), [Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#jean-michel-basquiat), [Mary McLeod Bethune](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#mary-bethune), [Shirley Chisholm](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#shirley-chisholm), [Benjamin O. Davis Sr,](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#benjamin-davis) [Frederick Douglass](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#frederick-douglass), [Dr. Charles Drew](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#charles-drew), [W.E.B. Du Bois](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#web-dubois), [Duke Ellington](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#duke-ellington), [Aretha Franklin](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#aretha-franklin), [Jimi Hendrix](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#jimi-hendrix), [Zora Neale Hurston](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#zora-hurston), [Jesse Jackson](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#jesse-jackson), [Michael Jackson](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#michael-jackson), [Jay Z](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#jay-z), [Katherine Johnson](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#katherine-johnson), [Quincy Jones](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#quincy-jones), [Michael Jordan](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#michael-jordan), [Martin Luther King Jr,](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#martin-luther-king) [Henrietta Lacks](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#henrietta-lacks), [Malcolm X](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#malcolm-x), [Thurgood Marshall](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#thurgood-marshall), [Toni Morrison](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#toni-morrison), [Barack Obama](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#barack-obama), [Jesse Owens](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#jesse-owens), [Gordon Parks](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#gordon-parks), [Sidney Poitier](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#sidney-poitier), [Richard Pryor](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#richard-pryor), [Jackie Robinson](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#jackie-robinson), [Sojourner Truth](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#sojourner-truth), [Harriet Tubman](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#harriet-tubman), [Madam C.J. Walker](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#madam-cj-walker), [Booker T. Washington](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#booker-washington), [Ida B. Wells](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#ida-wells), [Serena Williams](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#serena-williams), [August Wilson](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#august-wilson), [Oprah Winfrey](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#oprah-winfrey), [Stevie Wonder](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com#stevie-wonder). [The Undefeated 44 most influential black Americans in historyOur select #Undefeated44 list has been unwrapped. Check the receipts of why we feel these black Americans shook up the world.![](https://andscape.com/wp-content/themes/espn-theundefeated/favicon.png?v=1.1.0)AndscapeThe Undefeated![](https://andscape.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lede1.jpg?w=700)](https://andscape.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/?ref=rbcdart.com) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/6d/926d519d-f11f-485f-bd18-8456e07a63e7/content/images/2022/05/Alvin-Ailey-2.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/6d/926d519d-f11f-485f-bd18-8456e07a63e7/content/images/2022/05/ArethaFranklin-5553-1.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/6d/926d519d-f11f-485f-bd18-8456e07a63e7/content/images/2022/05/AugustWilson-5887-1.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/6d/926d519d-f11f-485f-bd18-8456e07a63e7/content/images/2022/05/BarackObama-5661-DESKTOP-TV6PNRK-1.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/6d/926d519d-f11f-485f-bd18-8456e07a63e7/content/images/2022/05/BejaminODavisSr-5529-2-1.jpg) 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