Career Highlights from African Americans Who Made Time’s 100 Most Influential People

President Barack Obama:

As the first African American president and the 44th president of the United States, Obama is currently serving his second term in the leading position. With his fair share of ups and downs as president, political columnist Joe Klein writes, “Barack Obama has proved that even after a lacerating defeat, the President of the United States is always, potentially, the most influential person in the world.”