Oprah - just because “she is, after all, every single thing.” The Olympic sprinter who exploded the canard of white athletic superiority only to be rewarded with low-paying jobs like pumping gas. The rawest, most piercingly funny comedian ever. In the meantime, enjoy The Undefeated 44, which includes: We’ll publish some of your picks and critiques of our list. You may have favorites we overlooked or thought about and decided against. Why limit ours to 44? It’s an homage to the first African-American president, whose own stunning accomplishment was something our mothers and grandfathers and great-grandmothers never thought they’d see in their lifetimes. ![]() We recognize that this is not a complete list of jaw-dropping black achievers we know that such a list would never run out of names. ![]() It is a list - fervently debated among our staff, chiseled and refined - of 44 blacks who shook up the world or at least their corner of it. Or even The Dopest Brothers and Sisters Who Matter Most This Week. ![]() This is not a list of The Greatest African-Americans of All Time or The Most Influential Blacks in History. It is available in stores and can also be ordered at these sites: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and IndieBound. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has published a version of this list for middle school readers called The Fierce 44/Black Americans Who Shook Up The World.
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