VladTV's 25 Most Influential Black Figures

Feb 28, 2012 | 2:35 PM Written By: Jai

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VladTV's 25 Most Influential Black Figures

With Black History Month coming to a close, VladTV is highlighting not only the most influential African Americans in history, but also some of the pioneers across the globe who had an impact on black culture. Many are recognizable names, while others may be more obscure, yet they had a pivotal influence on black history.

There are many to showcase, but check out 25 of our favorites!

Despite the number watermarked over each picture, these are presented in NO particular order.

Previous Comments

D Jay 03/01/2012 4:46 pm

Malcolm X # 13 & MLK #12 They should have been 1 & 2

Careless Lou 02/29/2012 11:25 am

I appreciate the effort vlad but with no Huey Newton this list is a fail

tgibbs 02/29/2012 1:19 am

Vlad, I hope that you weren't the one that personally came up with this list?

Hassan 02/28/2012 11:30 pm

Wow no Elijah Muhammad, Marcus Garvey, Noble Drew Ali, Huey Newton, Louis Farrakhan, Booked T. Washington, Don Cornelius, Medgar Evans, Dr. Betty Shabazz, Kwame Ture, Khalid Abdul Muhammad, H. Rap Brown on this list. Might as well add Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Tyga, Beyonce, etc to this bullshit list.

Younes 02/28/2012 9:27 pm

This gotta be a joke, I think Marcus Garvey should be on, and I think Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali should be further up the list...

pirate 02/28/2012 5:26 pm

All lists are flawed. They get you speaking about the topic. I thought Marcus Garvey should be there.

dj reality 02/28/2012 4:49 pm

we really need to stop under estimating ourselves as young black muscians....I always maintained a certain level of consciousness in regards to black leaders but its people like Chuck D,Krs-One and even Ice Cube and Tupac that created a whole lot of awareness to the people u mentioned.No disrespect to any of them but dont sell short the influence that help mold our generation........nuff respect to Chuck D and Public Enemy for makin us take a closer look at these people..before them,our generation hardly cared...........

E Cole 02/28/2012 4:39 pm

You have Ali and oprah over President Obama... GTFOH... This was list is failed from the start, who ever put this list together is not black as we can see

KINGS AND QUEENS 02/28/2012 4:37 pm

BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY..AMERICA WOULD NOT BE WHAT IT IS TODAY WITHOUT BLACK PEOPLE AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS WE MADE. THEY CAN TRY AND OMIT OUR HISTORY AND HERITAGE BUT THE FACT REMAINS WE HELP BUILD THIS COUNTRY.

The Man 02/28/2012 4:17 pm

Thus is very goo! Now can we pls see 25 most influantial white people as well? Erm ... or would that make it racist?

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