AfroAmerica Network Most Influential Black Persons

MOST INFLUENTIAL BLACK MEN Barack Obama, President, Law Professor  Cornell West, Princeton Professor  Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard Professor Oprah Winfrey, Businesswoman and Entertainer, Reverend Al Sharpton, Civil Rights Activist Tyra Banks, Businesswoman, Entertainer Donna Brazile, Political Analyst, Politician, Teacher Gwenn Ifill, Journalist, Author Wynton Marsalis,Jazz Musician

AfroAmerica Black Person of the Year Year Men Women 2014 Rasheen Aldridge, Jr. Marie Bamutese 2013 Jakaya Kikwete Tawanda Jones 2012 Thulani Madondo Nina Turner 2011 Herman Cain Dr. Susan Rice 2010 Rev DeForest Soaries Victoire Umuhoza Ingabire 2009 Roy Foster Dr. Regina Benjamin 2008 Barack Hussein Obama Michelle Obama 2007 Geoffrey Canada Patricia June O'Shane 2006 Jose de Paula Neto Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf 2005 Earvin Magic Johnson Winnie Byanyima 2004 Baraka Obama  Joyce Mujuru  2003 Sean "P.Diddy" Combs  Shoshana Johnson 2002 Chief Moose  Safiya Husain 2001 Robert Mugabe Condaleezza Rice

MOST INFLUENTIAL BLACK WOMEN Cythia McKinney, Political Activist Condoleezza Rice, Political Scientist, Professor Williams Sisters, Tennis/Models Michelle Obama, Attorney, First-Lady Valerie Jarret, Businesswoman, President Advisor Susan Rice, Political Researcher, Ambassador Shawn Corey Carter Jay Z, Entertainer, Businessman Beyonc? Giselle Knowles, Entertainer, Businesswoman Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr, Entertainer, Businessman Denzel Washington, Entertainer, Businessman