Ebony 2005 100+ most influential Black Americans

Ebony, May, 2005

MAGIC JOHNSON

Entrepreneur

BISHOP MARSHALL GILMORE

Senior Bishop

CME Church

ALCEE L. HASTINGS

U.S. Representative

23rd District, Fla.

ALPHONSO JACKSON

U.S. Secretary

Housing & Urban Development

WILLIAM J. JEFFERSON

U.S. Representative

2nd District, La.

ROBERT L. JOHNSON

Entrepreneur and NBA team owner

PAMELA THOMAS GRAHAM

Chairman

CNBC

DOROTHY HEIGHT

President Emerita for Life

National Council of Negro Women

THE REV. JESSE L. JACKSON SR.

President

Rainbow/PUSH Coalition

DR. MAJOR L. JEMISON

President

Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.

EMIL JONES

President

Illinois Senate

QUINCY JONES

Musician, Entertainment Executive

TOM JOYNER

Nationally Syndicated Radio Personality and Activist

BARBARA LEE

U.S. Representative

9th District, Calif.

JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD

U.S. Representative

37th District, Calif.

MAJOR R. OWENS

U.S. Representative

11th District, NY.

CAROLYN CHEEKS KILPATRICK

U.S. Representative

13th District, Mich.

JOHN LEWIS

U.S. Representative

5th District, Ga.

GWEN MOORE

U.S. Representative

4th District, Wisc.

RICHARD PARSONS

CEO

AOL-Time Warner, Inc.

KWAME KILPATRICK

Mayor

Detroit

RENETTA McCANN

CEO, Starcom MediaVest Group, The Americas

MARC MORIAL

President

National Urban League

BISHOP GILBERT PATTERSON

Presiding Bishop

Church of God In Christ, Inc.

CORETTA SCOTT KING

Civil Rights Activist

KENDRICK MEEK

U.S. Representative

17th District, Fla.

RAY NAGIN

Mayor

New Orleans

DONALD M. PAYNE

U.S. Representative

10th District, N.J.

STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES

U.S. Representative

11th District, Ohio

MARTIN LUTHER KING III

Chairman, President & CEO

Martin Luther King Jr. Center

GREGORY W. MEEKS

U.S. Representative

6th District, N.Y.

E. STANLEY O'NEAL

CEO

Merrill Lynch & Co.

CHARLES R. RANGEL

U.S. Representative

15th District, N.Y.

ANTONIO (L.A.) REID

Chairman

Island Def Jam Music Group

BOBBY L. RUSH

U.S. Representative

1st District, Ill.

RUSSELL SIMMONS

CEO

Rush Communications

THE REV, STEPHEN J. THURSTON

President

National Baptist Convention, Inc.

MELVIN L. WATT

U.S. Representative

12th District, N.C.

DAVID SCOTT

U.S. Representative

13th District, Ga.

TAVIS SMILEY

Author and Radio/TV Personality

EDOLPHUS TOWNS

U.S. Representative

10th District, N.Y.

JESSE WHITE

Secretary of State

Illinois

ROBERT C. (BOBBY) SCOTT

U.S. Representative

3rd District, Va.

JOHN STREET

Mayor

Philadelphia

BISHOP GEORGE WALKER

Senior Bishop

AME Zion Church

ANTHONY WILLIAMS

Mayor

Washington, D.C.

THE REV. AL SHARPTON

Civil Rights Activist

JOHN STROGER

President

Cook County Commission

MAXINE WATERS

U.S. Representative

35th District, Calif.

OPRAH WINFREY

Talk Show Host

Entertainment Executive

JOHN W. ROGERS

Chairman and CEO

Ariel Capital Management, Inc.

THE REM, DR, WILLIAM SHAW

President, National Baptist

Convention USA, Inc.

BENNIE G. THOMPSON

U.S. Representative

2nd District, Miss.

DIANE E. WATSON

U.S. Representative

33rd District, Calif.

ALBERT R. WYNN

U.S. Representative

4th District, Md.

ORGANIZATION LEADERS

DR. LEZLI BASKERVILLE

President & CEO, National Assn. for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education

WILLIAM BURRUS

President

American Postal Workers Union

CHIEF CLARENCE EDWARDS

President, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives