EBONY Magazine Reveals 2012 Power 100 List of the nation’s most influential African Americans.

EBONY Magazine Reveals 2012 Power 100 List of the nation’s most influential African Americans. With its Dec./Jan. issue—hitting newsstands the week of November 5—EBONY magazine reveals its 2012 Power 100 list of the nation’s most influential African Americans. The annual Power 100 is a broad-range listing of politicians and athletes, entertainers and CEOs, authors and digerati.

Top players in the worlds of religion, business, media, the creative arts and more are celebrated based on their impactful ideas and influence. “In this issue, EBONY selects the 100 primary influencers and game changers who have made vital accomplishments during the past year,” say the magazine’s editors.

In celebration, the first annual EBONY Power 100 Gala will be held at New York City’s Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall this Friday, November 2. The invitation-only event will feature special performances by Grammy-winning hip-hop band The Roots, classical violinist Brendon Elliott, the Abyssinian Baptist Church Choir, the Black Monks of Mississippi and selected cast from the Broadway musical Fela!

EBONY Power 100 Gala sponsors include Nationwide Insurance, Chevrolet, Georgia-Pacific, Loop Capital, Hennessy and United Airlines, official airline partner of the EBONY Power 100.

The magazine commemorates the following Power 100 illuminaries (in no particular order):

Cornel West, Ph.D
LeBron James
Barack Obama
T. J. Martin
Eric Holder
Mary Mary
Bishop T. D. Jakes
Jesse Williams
Michelle Obama
Susan E. Rice, Ph.D
Tananarive Due
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan
Cee Lo Green
Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D
Frederick D. Haynes III, Ph.D
Robin Roberts
Toni Morrison
Natasha Eubanks
Ava DuVernay
Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil
Zane
Tracy K. Smith
Cynthia Hale, D. Min.
Bonita Stewart
Beyoncé and Jay-Z
Django Unchained
Ashley and JaQuavis
Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III
Tyler Perry
Beverly Bond
Ronnie and Lamar Tyler
Amos Winbush III
Alicia Hall Moran and Jason Moran
Maurice Marable
Misty Copeland
Trayvon Martin
Stephen DeBerry
Diann Valentine
James McLurkin, Ph.D
Karen Washington
Norris McDonald
James Andrews
Brenda A. and Larry D. Thompson
Marjorie Harvey
Janet Emerson Bashen
Don Thompson
Wesley Morris
Gabby Douglas
Nekesa Mumbi Moody
Kevin Hart
Tom Joyner
Cathy Hughes
MSNBC
Cam Newton
John W. Rogers Jr.
Vanessa Morrison Murchinson
Wendy Williams
Edward T. Welburn Jr.
Think Like a Man
Steve Harvey
Serena Williams
Shonda Rhimes
Mark Dean, Ph.D
Kevin Durant
Rihanna
Catherine Brewton
Karen Civil
Lorrie Bartlett
Ken Chenault
Ellen McClain
Earvin “Magic” Johnson
James Reynolds Jr.
Dick Parsons
Pearlena Igbokwe
Trevor Edwards
Rodney Williams
John Lewis
Rosalind Brewer
Salaam Coleman Smith
Samuel L. Jackson
Anthony Hemingway
Theaster Gates
Michelle Alexander
Valentino D. Carlotti
Oprah Winfrey
Danny Glover
Rev. Fred Luter Jr.
Dr. Dre
Anthony Davis
Lisa Jackson
Jesse E. Russell
June Ambrose
Jurnee Smollett
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Tavis Smiley
Debra Lee
Joan Smalls
Nina Shaw
Nicki Minaj
Valeisha Butterfield-Jones