Who is an influential African American?
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I vote Oprah! She is a wonderful role model for African Americans. Heck, she is a wonderful role model for anyone!
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Is the African American Black or White?
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Quite a subjective question, but one genuinely good attempt at answering the  question is Michael Hart's 'The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History'.\nHe ranks Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) as No.1.
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He was Buffalo's first African American architect and a founding member of the Buffalo chapter of the NAACP.  \n\nThese websites give you a little more information.
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Why or how could some angry rapper be a role model for anyone? Not along be a positive influence. If anything a very negative influence..\nThe only person that can influence anyone or be a role model would be JESUS..Yeah, I said JESUS..
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Hiram Revels\nSenator from Mississippi; first African American senator
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at the national level, barak obama of illinois.  if he could grow a spine and develop a position, he would be a great democratic candidate.  I think he's a strong candidate to be hilary's vp nominee in 2008.  which would pretty much lock up the minority vote but piss off the conservative base (since barak is black).  so it would be an interesting dynamic as to the actual influence of black americans on presidential races versus the religious right.
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THANK YOU!!!!\n\nI get so tired of people assuming that black people see Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson as our 'leaders'. I personally have no respect for either because they're always running their mouths but they actually do nothing for the black community. Why do so many people think that black people somehow appointed these men as our leaders?
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Dr. Charles Drew \nhttp://www.blackinventor.com/pages/charlesdrew.html
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the first African\nAmerican student to attend The University of Alabama
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Martin Luther King, Jr. - Civil Rights leader\nMaya Angelou - Author\nBooker T. Washington - Politician\nGeorge Washington Carver - Botanist\nBarak Obama - Senator\nClarence Thomas - Supreme Court Justice\nCondoleeza Rice - Secretary of State\nTom Bradley - Mayor of Los Angeles\nBill Cosby - Actor, comedian\nW.E.B. DuBois - Historian, poet, activist, first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard.
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I'm not sure I was heavily influenced by a president, but I'd have to go with George (the 1st).\n\nThat cherry tree story really affected me in kindergarten.
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William Edward Burghardt DuBois, to his admirers, was by spirited devotion and scholarly dedication, an attacker of injustice and a defender of freedom.\n\nA harbinger of Black nationalism and Pan-Africanism, he died in self-imposed exile in his home away from home with his ancestors of a glorious past—Africa.\n\nLabeled as a "radical," he was ignored by those who hoped that his massive contributions would be buried along side of him. But, as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote, "history cannot ignore W.E.B. DuBois because history has to reflect truth and Dr. DuBois was a tireless explorer and a gifted discoverer of social truths. His singular greatness lay in his quest for truth about his own people. There were very few scholars who concerned themselves with honest study of the black man and he sought to fill this immense void. The degree to which he succeeded disclosed the great dimensions of the man."
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In my life time it has to be Jimmy Carter.  He got little respect being a humble peanut farmer but he cared for All Americans regardless of race, religion, or sexual orientation more than any racist republicans has.
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Well 1st of all I do question why are we even using the term African-American on Blacks that weren't even born in Africa.\n\nJesse Peterson who is Black himself said it best when he said "I am not an African-American, I am an American."\n\nAs far as Black president I would like to see either Alan Keyes or Condoleeza Rice as President.\n\nAlthough heck if we had to go for someone in Hollywood then definetly Denzel Washington.\n\nOk I disagree with the fact Morgan Freeman did support Kerry for President in 2004 but I gotta say I am imprssed though with a lot of his intellegence and respectful behavior though :)\n\nFor instance I liked the points he raised on how wrong it is to confine the History of Blacks to just one Month because Black History is part of American History.\n\nIt's like yeah I prefer to look at figures from History Black and White not based on what Skin Color they had but based upon who they were and what they did.\n\nGeorge Washington Carver is a great inspiration to a lot of people for example and seriously his accomplishments by the grace of God are more important than Skin color.\n\nI would like to see a Black person become President someday but I don't want such a person to be elected based on Skin color, I want the person elected because he/she is the person for the job.\n\nFor instance in my State Michigan a Black man named Keith Butler is running but I decided that I was going to check things on different Republicans running for U.S. Senate to see exactly who I should support such as where candidates stood on the issues.\n\nIt appears that yes Keith Butler and I do see eye to eye on enough issues for me to decide im supporting him for U.S. Senate.
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very important person
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Mary j blige bcoz i think that she is a strong an influential person. what about u?