44 African Americans Who Shook Up the World See Full List IntroductionRobert AbbottAlvin AileyMuhammad AliRichard AllenMaya AngelouElla BakerJames BaldwinJean-Michel Basquiat Mary McLeod BethuneShirley ChisholmBenjamin O. Davis Sr.Frederick DouglassDr. Charles DrewW.E.B. Du BoisDuke EllingtonAretha FranklinJimi Hendrix Zora Neale HurstonJesse JacksonMichael JacksonJay ZKatherine JohnsonQuincy JonesMichael JordanMartin Luther King Jr.Henrietta Lacks Malcolm XThurgood MarshallToni MorrisonBarack ObamaJesse OwensGordon ParksSidney … Continue reading The Undefeated 44 most influential black Americans in history