Ebony Power 100 List for 2014

EBONY MAGAZINE UNVEILS ITS 2014 EBONY POWER 100 LIST

 Honorees on the 29th Annual List Include Gabrielle Union, LeBron James, Shonda Rhimes, Pharrell Williams, Kevin Hart and T.D. Jakes, 

Music Impresario Quincy Jones will receive the EBONY Achievement Award

 Gala Celebration in Los Angeles on November 19

EBONY Magazine unveiled its annual EBONY Power 100 list, which salutes the remarkable achievements of African-Americans in 2014. Among the game changers honored this year are NBA player LeBron James, Sam’s Club CEO Rosalind Brewer, television producer Shonda Rhimes, music producer Pharrell Williams, actresses Audra McDonald, Gabrielle Union and Laverne Cox, comedian Kevin Hart, ballerina Misty Copeland and Bishop T.D. Jakes.  

Quincy Jones –composer, record producer, artist, film producer, arranger, conductor, instrumentalist, TV producer, record company executive, magazine founder, multi-media entrepreneur and humanitarian –will receive the EBONY Achievement Award. The gala celebration will take place in Los Angeles on November 19, at the AVALON Hollywood.  

The EBONY editorial team selected the 100 most influential African-Americans in the country.  These achievers have made noteworthy accomplishments over the past year.  The list of outstanding leaders highlights individuals from a variety of fields, including business, medicine, sports, media, religion, the creative arts and more. As the curator of the African-American experience, EBONY is proud to showcase these individuals.  

These leaders are honored and recognized for changing the course of history and making an enduring and lasting impact in their communities and the world. 

The 2014 Power 100 list will appear in the December issue of EBONY, on newsstands the week of November 10. The full list of the EBONY Power 100 can also be found at EBONY.com here.

The December EBONY is also dedicated to the topic of race.  The publication looks at race relations in America today, and provides an opinion on why race still matters.

To supplement the feature, EBONY.com will also feature five videos on race relations interviews with thought-leaders including Dr. Ben Carson, Marc Lamont Hill, Melissa Harris Perry, Al Sharpton, Julian Bond, Dr. Cornell West, Marian Wright Edelman, Dr. Steve Perry and many others.  

About EBONY:

EBONY is the No. 1 national consumer lifestyle magazine targeting the African-American community. As the longest-running Black publication, EBONY has the largest reach in the African-American print space, reaching nearly 20 million readers annually. EBONY features the best thinkers, trendsetters, celebrities and next-generation leaders of African-Americans. EBONY ignites conversation, promotes empowerment and celebrates aspiration. Available nationwide on newsstands and on all digital platforms, EBONY is the heart, soul and pulse of African-Americans.  

Salutation	First Name	Last Name		Power 100 Category 1
Ms.	Rosalind	Brewer	President and CEO of Sam's Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.. As of 2014, she is listed as the 64th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes	Power Brokers
Ms.	Jekalyn	Carr	Evangelist, entrepreneur & gospel artist - 17yrs old	Young Leaders
Mr.	Charles	King	Partner/Agent in the Motion Picture Department at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment (WME)	Power Brokers
Mr.	Kevin	Hart	Actor and comedian.	Innovators
Ms.	Viola	Davis	Oscar Nominated Actress (Doubt and The Help)	Cultural Influencers
Ms.	Denise	Young Smith	Apple's vice president of Worldwide Human Resources, responsible for attracting and retaining top talent at Apple	Power Brokers
Ms.	Nicole	Bernard	‎SVP, Audience Strategy at Fox Group, Fox Entertainmet	Power Brokers
Ms.	Zola	Mashariki	Senior Vice President	Power Brokers
Ms.	Shonda	Rhimes	Screenwriter, director, and producer. Rhimes is best known as the creator, head writer, executive producer and showrunner of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal	Innovators
Mr.	Jason	Collins	Professional basketball center for the Brooklyn Nets of the NBA & openly gay basketball player	Firsts
Ms.	Brittney	Griner	Basketball center with the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA	Firsts
Mr.	Levar	Burton	Actor & Executive Producer of Reading Rainbow	Community Crusaders
Dr.	Neil	Degrasse Tyson	Astrophysicist, author, and science communicator.	The Thinkers
Ms.	Gabrielle	Union	Actress (Being Mary Jane)	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Roland	Martin	Journalist & TV Host (TV One & News One Now)	The Thinkers
Mr.	Keegan-Michael	Key	Comedian & TV Show Producer (Key & Peele TV Show)	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Jordan	Peele	Comedian & TV Show Producer (Key & Peele TV Show)	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Kevin	Frazier
Ms.	Lena	Waithe	Writer & Producer (YouTube series “Dear White People)	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Kwasi	Ennis	NY Teen Accepted To All 8 Ivy League Schools - 17yrs old	Young Leaders
Mr.	Ron	Davis	Activist (Parents of teenager Jordan Davis)	Community Crusaders
Mr.	Phillip	Agnew	Executive Director of Dream Defenders	Community Crusaders
Dr.	Elmira	Mangum, Ph.D.	11th president of Florida A&M University (FAMU)	Firsts
Ms.	Erika H.	James	Emory University's new dean of Goizueta Business School, making her the first African American female to hold that position in the school’s history.	Firsts
Dr.	Valerie	Montgomery Rice	1st female CEO of Morehouse School of Medicine	The Thinkers
Ms.	Lucia	McBath	Activist (Parents of teenager Jordan Davis)	Community Crusaders
Ms.	Oprah	Winfrey	Media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropis	Power Brokers
Rev.	Jesse	Jackson, Sr.	Civil rights activist and Baptist minister	Dream Keepers
Ms	Elizabeth	Dozier	Principal of Fenger High School (Chicago)	Community Crusaders
	The Chicago Robinson West Team		National Little League Champions	Young Leaders
Mr.	Will	Packer	Filmmaker & Producer (Ride Along & No Good Deed)	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Steve	Harvey	Comedian & TV Host (The Steve Harvey Show)	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Norman	Francis	President of Xavier University of Louisiana since 1968	Dream Keepers
Mr.	Larry	Wilmore	Writer & Actor (The Daily Show)	Cultural Influencers
Ms.	Stephenie C.	Hill	Vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin’s] Information Systems & Global Solutions (IS&GS) Civil business & she was named the 2014 Black Engineer of the Year	Power Brokers
Mr.	Michael Andrew	Owens	President of The Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit & Vicinity, Inc	Community Crusaders
Mr.	Stephen	Henderson	Journalist & 2014 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Journalism	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Kain	Colter	Football Running back and Wide Receiver for the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL	Innovators
Ms.	Maya	Moore	Basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the WBNA & the Shanxi Flame of the Chinese league	Champions
Ms.	Laysha	Ward	President of Community Relations for Target and a member of its executive committee	Power Brokers
Mr.	Arnold W.	Donald	President & CEO	Power Brokers
Mr.	Ron	Johnson	Prominent figure in the aftermath shooting of Michael Brown	Community Crusaders
Mr.	Jaylen	Bledsoe	Technology entrepreneur - 16yrs old	Young Leaders
Ms.	Paulette	Brown	President of the American Bar Association. The first woman of color to lead the nation’s most influential lawyer’s group.	Firsts
Mr.	Floyd	Mayweather	Pro boxer, Undefeated as a professional and is a five-division world champion	Champions
Ms.	Claire	Sulmers	Journalist & blogger of 1#  destination for multicultural fashion.	Socia Media Influencers
Mr.	Pharrell	Williams	Grammy Award winning musician/entrepreneur Pharrell Williams is a creative force, using music, fashion, and design to express his distinctive style	Innovators
Ms.	Audra	McDonald	Actress and singer. Six time Tony Award winner. Won more than any other actor of either gender, and is the only person to win all four acting categories for either gender	Firsts
Dr.	Danielle	Allen, Ph.D.	An American classicist and political scientist, and UPS Foundation Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study	Firsts
Ms.	Laverne	Cox	Actress, reality television star, television producer, and LGBTQ advocate (co-stars in Orange Is The New Black)	Firsts
Ms.	Michele A.	Roberts	Executive director of the National Basketball Players Association. She is the first woman to hold that position and the first woman to head a major professional sports union in North America	Firsts
Ms.	Sherrilyn	Ifill	President & Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.	Dream Keepers
Ms.	Natasha	Eubanks	CEO of TheYBF.com	Socia Media Influencers
Ms.	Alexis	McGill Johnson	Chair, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA)	Community Crusaders
Ms.	Chimamanda	Ngozi Adichie	Writer of African literature	The Thinkers
Ms.	Kara	Walker	Contemporary artist	The Thinkers
Mr.	Shaun	T.	Entrepreneur, celebrity fitness trainer & choreographer	The Thinkers
Ms.	Wendy	Willams	TV Show Host & Producer (The Wendy Williams Show)	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Michael	Strahan	Talk Show Host & NFL Hall of Famer	Cultural Influencers
Ms.	Misty	Copeland	American Ballerina	Cultural Influencers
Ms.	Sasheer	Zamata	Actress & Comedian (Saturday Night Live)	Cultural Influencers
Ms.	Lupita	Nyongo	Oscar Winning Actress (12 Years A Slave)	Cultural Influencers
Ms.	Bevy	Smith	TV Personality (Fashion Queens)	Cultural Influencers
Ms.	Courtney	Kemp Agboh	TV Show Producer (Power)	Cultural Influencers
Ms.	Ericka	Pittman	Vice President	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Theodore  V.	Wells, Jr.	The National Law Journal named Ted one of “The Decade’s Most Influential Lawyers” and over the years has repeatedly selected him as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America	Power Brokers
Mr.	Dean	Baquet	A Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and the executive editor of The New York Times. He is the first African-American to serve as executive editor, the highest-ranking position in the paper's newsroom	Power Brokers
Ms.	Shante	Bacon	Founder of 135th Street Agency, runs one of the top agencies in the country. With a client list that includes the Oprah Winfrey	Power Brokers
Ms.	Kathy	Thornton-Bias	President of Bang & Olufsen America, the Danish provider of premium, high quality audio and video products	Power Brokers
Rev.	Al	Sharpton	Baptist minister, civil rights activist, television/radio talk show host	Dream Keepers
Ms.	Beyonce	Knowles	Entertainer & Producer	Cultural Influencers
Ms.	Joy-Ann	Reid	Jounalist & Managing Editor of TheGrio.com and an on-air contributor on MSNBC	Dream Keepers
Mr.	Rickey	Smiley & Morning Show Crew	Comedian, Radio/TV Host & DJs (Morning Show Crew)	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	LeBron	James	Basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA	Champions
Dr.	Victor	Garcia	Founder of Buckle Up Campaign	The Thinkers
Ms.	Gale V.	King	Content Partnerships Director at Google where he is in charge of premium film, TV and new media partnerships for YouTube	Power Brokers
Mr.	Michael	Coleman	Mayor of Columbus, OH, the longest active African-American mayor of a major city	Power Brokers
Mr.	Marc Lamont	Hill	Political Pundit, Author & Distinguished Prof. of AA Studies at Morehouse College	Dream Keepers
Bishop	T.D.	Jakes	Apostle/Bishop of The Potter's House, a non-denominational megachurch, 30,000 members	Faithful Few
Mr.	Michael	Sam	Football defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys organization & first openly-gay pro football player	Firsts
Ms.	Tamela	Mann	Actress and gospel singer	Faithful Few
Mr.	Russell	Wilson	Football quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks in NFL	Champions
Mr.	Richard	Sherman	Football cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks in the NFL	Champions
Ms.	Mignon	Clydburn	Commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission since she was nominated by President Barack Obama on June 25, 2009, and sworn in on August 3, 2009.	Cultural Influencers
Admiral	Michelle	Howard	First woman and African-American woman to achieve the rank of admiral in the Navy	Firsts
Mr.	Ta-Nehesi	Coates	American writer, journalist, and educator	The Thinkers
Mr.	Gilbert	Campbell	Founders of Volt Energy (Green Technology Company)	The Thinkers
Mr.	Simon Antonio	Francis	Founders of Volt Energy (Green Technology Company)	The Thinkers
Mr.	Steve	McQueen	British film director, producer, screenwriter, and video artist. (Oscar winner for 12 Years A Slave)	Firsts
Ms.	Alexis	Wilkinson	The first African-American to be at the helm of the "Harvard Lampoon" since its creation in 1876	Firsts
Mr.	Andre Romelle "Dr. Dre"	Young	Record producer, rapper & entrepreneur. founder & current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment & Beats Electronics.	Firsts
Mr.	Derek	Jeter	Baseball shortstop in 20th and final season in MLB for the New York Yankees	Champions
Mr.	Kevin	Durant	Professional basketball player with the Oklahoma City Thunder	Champions
Bishop	Noel	Jones	Senior pastor of the City of Refuge Church in Gardena, CA,  17,000 members	Faithful Few
Mr.	John Silvanus	Wilson	11th President of Morehouse College	Dream Keepers
	#BringBackOurGirls	Obiageli Ezekwesili	On April 14th, 230 School girls were kidnapped from the Chibok Government Secondary School by Boko Haram Terrorists in Nigeria. All 230 are still missing.	Socia Media Influencers
Mr.	Carlton	Haywood	Faculty - Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics	The Thinkers
Ms.	Mo'Ne	Davis	Female Little League baseball pitcher Philadelphia, PA	Young Leaders
Mr.	Chadwick	Boseman	Actor (42 & Get On Up)	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Kanye	West	Rapper & Producer	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Usher	Raymond	Entertainer & Judge/Mentor (The Voice)	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Jesse	Williams	Actor (Grey's Anatomy), Activist (Civil Rights)	Cultural Influencers
Ms.	Danielle	Lee	Creator of the Urban Scientist Blog	Social Media Influencers